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Virginia Woolf's list-making

74 points by vinnyvichy 2y ago

shoggouth 2y ago
https://archive.ph/20240712074941/https://www.ft.com/content/6c7e3cc3-f66b-4998-ad55-5f58d151a761 https://archive.ph/20240712074941/https://www.ft.com/content...
- inquirerGeneral 2y ago
  Alternatively, FT has always allowed 95%+ of paywalls to be bypassed by being referred from Bing. Copy subject, Bing.com, paste, click FT, no paywall
  - stanislavb 2y ago
    Oh, what a "hack". I didn't expect that to be a thing. Thanks!
  - _the_inflator 2y ago
    Great catch! Many years ago this worked exceptionally well with Google translate.
  - nanna 2y ago
    Can't say this works for me, for this article at least.
  - thunderbong 2y ago
    This worked. Thanks!
  - pxeger1 2y ago
    Anyone know why?
    - westcoast49 2y ago
      I'm guessing it must be because of some kind of deal between Microsoft and Financial Times. If that's so then probably there are also similar deals with other publishers. Edit: ChatGPT seems to disagree with me: https://chatgpt.com/share/8b85ea2f-86bc-4c63-91fc-e32482c8e5f9 https://chatgpt.com/share/8b85ea2f-86bc-4c63-91fc-e32482c8e5... (It says that it's more likely just an unintended side-effect of the mechanism that FT.com uses to let search engines like Bing or Google index their full articles.)
      - JoelMcCracken 2y ago
        This is what I've heard in the past: the companies want their articles to be recommended by search engines, but want the consumer to pay for it.
  - miobrien 2y ago
    Cool! Any other sites this works for?
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seanhunter 2y ago
For people who are interested in Virginia Woolf as a novelist, I would strongly recommend "Mrs Dalloway" as a starting point. It's an incredible novel - startlingly modern and beautifully written.[1] In terms of her essay writing, "A room of one's own"[2] is probably most famous/influential, although from a personal perspective I didn't find it as enjoyable to read as Mrs Dalloway. In general I prefer novels to essays so take that however you like. [1] Btw my recommendation is don't read anything about it beforehand. Synopses/cliff notes/the wikipedia entry will probably ruin the experience for you. The book is about really getting inside the head of certain characters and understanding their thoughts and motivations. If that sounds interesting to you, then that's all you need to know to dive in. [2] https://victorianpersistence.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/a-room-of-ones-own-virginia-woolf-1929.pdf https://victorianpersistence.wordpress.com/wp-content/upload...
- lifefeed 2y ago
  On the other side, for people who are interested in Virginia Woolf as a novelist and wanna get fucked up, check out "Orlando".
  - seanhunter 2y ago
    Yes indeed. It's quite a journey. I think I wasn't quite ready for it the first time so it's on my list to visit again soon.
  - zzzbra 2y ago
    I didn't realize the film was based on one of her works! Pretty neat
  - mdmoll 2y ago
    Followed by Jacqueline Harpman’s Orlanda
- everybodyknows 2y ago
  Why Mrs. Dalloway rather than To the Lighthouse?
mlism 2y ago
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74 points by vinnyvichy 2y ago

https://archive.ph/20240712074941/https://www.ft.com/content/6c7e3cc3-f66b-4998-ad55-5f58d151a761 https://archive.ph/20240712074941/https://www.ft.com/content...

inquirerGeneral 2y ago
Alternatively, FT has always allowed 95%+ of paywalls to be bypassed by being referred from Bing. Copy subject, Bing.com, paste, click FT, no paywall
- stanislavb 2y ago
  Oh, what a "hack". I didn't expect that to be a thing. Thanks!
- _the_inflator 2y ago
  Great catch! Many years ago this worked exceptionally well with Google translate.
- nanna 2y ago
  Can't say this works for me, for this article at least.
- thunderbong 2y ago
  This worked. Thanks!
- pxeger1 2y ago
  Anyone know why?
  - westcoast49 2y ago
    I'm guessing it must be because of some kind of deal between Microsoft and Financial Times. If that's so then probably there are also similar deals with other publishers. Edit: ChatGPT seems to disagree with me: https://chatgpt.com/share/8b85ea2f-86bc-4c63-91fc-e32482c8e5f9 https://chatgpt.com/share/8b85ea2f-86bc-4c63-91fc-e32482c8e5... (It says that it's more likely just an unintended side-effect of the mechanism that FT.com uses to let search engines like Bing or Google index their full articles.)
    - JoelMcCracken 2y ago
      This is what I've heard in the past: the companies want their articles to be recommended by search engines, but want the consumer to pay for it.
- miobrien 2y ago
  Cool! Any other sites this works for?
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seanhunter 2y ago

For people who are interested in Virginia Woolf as a novelist, I would strongly recommend "Mrs Dalloway" as a starting point. It's an incredible novel - startlingly modern and beautifully written.[1] In terms of her essay writing, "A room of one's own"[2] is probably most famous/influential, although from a personal perspective I didn't find it as enjoyable to read as Mrs Dalloway. In general I prefer novels to essays so take that however you like. [1] Btw my recommendation is don't read anything about it beforehand. Synopses/cliff notes/the wikipedia entry will probably ruin the experience for you. The book is about really getting inside the head of certain characters and understanding their thoughts and motivations. If that sounds interesting to you, then that's all you need to know to dive in. [2] https://victorianpersistence.wordpress.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/a-room-of-ones-own-virginia-woolf-1929.pdf https://victorianpersistence.wordpress.com/wp-content/upload...

lifefeed 2y ago
On the other side, for people who are interested in Virginia Woolf as a novelist and wanna get fucked up, check out "Orlando".
- seanhunter 2y ago
  Yes indeed. It's quite a journey. I think I wasn't quite ready for it the first time so it's on my list to visit again soon.
- zzzbra 2y ago
  I didn't realize the film was based on one of her works! Pretty neat
- mdmoll 2y ago
  Followed by Jacqueline Harpman’s Orlanda
everybodyknows 2y ago
Why Mrs. Dalloway rather than To the Lighthouse?

mlism 2y ago

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