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There is a Strugatsky brothers short story, in which most of the inhabitants of a planet seem to have suddenly left via some portals, but there are a few who remain, highly armed, violent, and apparently seeking to prevent anyone else from using the portals.

TFA reminds me of this story (which reminded me of the situation sketched by TFA when I had read it, except perhaps for the ratio of leavers to left behinds) but I cannot recall its name?

[Miiko]

This story is embedded into their novel "Жук в муравейнике" ("Beetle in the Anthill"), so it does not have a name, never being a separate short story.

[dima_vm]

I know one familiar-sounding, but different (without violent armed remainers) novel by Clifford Simak: "City".

[dopidopHN]

It’s such a weird collection of ( chronologic ) novels.

One of my favorite book. I read it every 5 years or so.

[ralfd]

tfa?

[mayankkaizen]

I was also ignorant about this so I googled. It said it means "Thanks for Asking" or "The fucking article". The second meaning sounded correct but I found it weird.

"The fine article" also sounds weird to me.

[bmacho]

The featured article.

For usages see https://hn.algolia.com/?query=TFA&sort=byDate&type=comment

[amadeuspagel]

Is this acronym really worth it? I always just speak of the article.

[rolenthedeep]

HN has a whole series of acronyms for things ranging from "the linked article" to "the nth comment above this" and its super confusing.

I've given up on trying to learn them and just take a stab based on context

[medstrom]

Hacker legacy. It comes from "RTFM" (Read The Fucking Manual), said to people on mailing lists who ask questions easily answered by the manual.

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The Fine Article (The Eureka Theory of History is Wrong)