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by mshroyer 136 days ago
Illustrating "451 Unavailable For Legal Reasons" with Ray Bradbury made me laugh
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shmeeed 136 days ago
Thank you for explaining the reference!
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mshroyer 135 days ago
I didn't realize, until recognizing Bradbury in that image yesterday, that HTTP status 451 is an explicit reference to "Fahrenheit 451", but apparently it is: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7725

In the acknowledgments section,

> Thanks also to Ray Bradbury.

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