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BoredomIsFunyesterday at 7:27 PM1 replyview on HN

> Straight out of another LLM

??? Not a native speaker, turns out short word is hardboiled.

> Please name some books in this style, since it seems to be on the tip of your tongue.

Googled for you: https://www.google.com/search?q=hardboiled+detective+book


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nateb2022yesterday at 7:32 PM

Could you expand on how it's pulp-fictitious? Or noir? Or "rugged" detective? Why the "rugged"? I've never heard of the word "hardboiled" referring to anything but eggs.

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