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More out of curiosity than judgement; why is this on HN?

by Jenz 6y ago

ed_elliott_asc 6y ago
I guess if it doesn’t belong here then it will be off the front page soon enough
- sturza 6y ago
  aaaand it’s gone
jiriknesl 6y ago
Maybe there are lots of people from the UK here.
- deleted 6y ago
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- iso1631 6y ago
  The biggest impact is that all TV and radio shows are cancelled for the forseeable. Will be interesting how it's dealt with due to covid. Will be especially interesting in Northern Ireland, which is currently inflames because of the fallout from a funeral for a republican figure which had many people attending it in breach of lockdown rules, but with no police action (which, combined with Boris's Border, has led to a narrative of "the other side {republicans} are winning")
  - bb123 6y ago
    Eh? I'm watching TV in the UK right now. Nothing is cancelled.
    - cameronh90 6y ago
      Switch to the BBC.
    - iso1631 6y ago
      BBC One, Two, ITV and I think channel 5 all have stuff on But yes, channel 4 does look like some trashy auction show
  - arp242 6y ago
    > The biggest impact is that all TV and radio shows are cancelled for the forseeable. Indeed, 12-year old me found this the worst part of Diana dying: all the cartoons in the morning were pre-empted! I was looking forward to watching Pinky & The Brain :-(
davidcollantes 6y ago
We are a diverse bunch.
krapp 6y ago
I don't know. I'm opposed to obituary threads on principle but at least some of them lead to interesting discussions about the era and field the person lived and worked in. There's a reason celebrity and mainstream stories are off topic unless they present evidence of a new and interesting phenomenon that sparks intellectual curiosity - discussions tend to wallow in maudlin sentimentality, political snark or pop culture nonsense otherwise. A person's death alone, while unfortunate, doesn't meet the quality bar.
ggm 6y ago
He has a tenuous link to computing. He visited Edinburgh's department of computer science in the early sixties not that long after it opened (the BBC used a different department doorway to the entry in Buccleuch Place because the front door was too shabby) and he and the queen had email boxes from pre-internet British telecommunications before it was cool on prestel. He served on British warships and almost certainly used analogue computers to do fire calculations for the big ships guns.
dcminter 6y ago
I hope it won't be for long. He's an unequivocally political figure for a variety of reasons. I don't see anything intellectually interesting in the fact that he's died. At best we might discuss why he wasn't king despite being married to the monarch. When the queen dies that will be another matter - there are constitutional issues around that and the death of a long-reigning monarch who spans the end of empire will have some historical weight. Edit: ...and flagged before I finished posting. Good. Edit2: ...and now apparently unflagged? I didn't know that was a thing on HN.
- rvz 6y ago
  > He's an unequivocally political figure for a variety of reasons. I don't see anything intellectually interesting in the fact that he's died. This is the most robotic response to a public figure's death I have ever seen. Well done.
gadders 6y ago
A lot of people in the UK and Commonwealth have a link with the Duke of Edinburgh via the awards scheme that teenagers undertake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Awar...
S53Vflnr4n 6y ago
Because white people paying respects to their racist colonial master.
- rataata_jr 6y ago
  Have some respect for ww2 veterans.
  - S53Vflnr4n 6y ago
    Lols !
ghaff 6y ago
Apparently mostly to be a lightning rod for people to rant about the British monarchy and get flagged in the process. Threads like these have a certain car wreck quality in that it's hard to look away but you really shouldn't expect much of quality,
cblconfederate 6y ago
I guess he was an influencer? Or maybe he got hacked, one of the two
corobo 6y ago
I got into computers while skiving off during Duke of Edinburgh awards periods in school if that helps any
wombatmobile 6y ago
> More out of curiosity than judgement; why is this on HN? Maybe because in human networks monarchy is one of the major legacy operating systems?
criddell 6y ago
It was upvoted often enough and quickly enough that the algorithm put it on the front page. Prince Philip is a public figure of some prominence, so I'm guessing the people who run the site (dang and maybe others?) let it be unless the comments turn to shit. I, for one, am glad that it has lasted this long. I've learned a bunch of new things and added a book to my reading list.
swilliamsio 6y ago
Though not everything on HN is tech related, you could argue Prince Philip was a bit of a tech icon as this article did: "Prince Philip, inadvertent father of the Computer Misuse Act, dies aged 99" https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/09/prince_philip_obituary/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/09/prince_philip_obituar...

More out of curiosity than judgement; why is this on HN?

by Jenz 6y ago

More out of curiosity than judgement; why is this on HN?

ed_elliott_asc 6y ago

I guess if it doesn’t belong here then it will be off the front page soon enough

sturza 6y ago
aaaand it’s gone

jiriknesl 6y ago

Maybe there are lots of people from the UK here.

deleted 6y ago
[deleted]
iso1631 6y ago
The biggest impact is that all TV and radio shows are cancelled for the forseeable. Will be interesting how it's dealt with due to covid. Will be especially interesting in Northern Ireland, which is currently inflames because of the fallout from a funeral for a republican figure which had many people attending it in breach of lockdown rules, but with no police action (which, combined with Boris's Border, has led to a narrative of "the other side {republicans} are winning")
- bb123 6y ago
  Eh? I'm watching TV in the UK right now. Nothing is cancelled.
  - cameronh90 6y ago
    Switch to the BBC.
  - iso1631 6y ago
    BBC One, Two, ITV and I think channel 5 all have stuff on But yes, channel 4 does look like some trashy auction show
- arp242 6y ago
  > The biggest impact is that all TV and radio shows are cancelled for the forseeable. Indeed, 12-year old me found this the worst part of Diana dying: all the cartoons in the morning were pre-empted! I was looking forward to watching Pinky & The Brain :-(

davidcollantes 6y ago

We are a diverse bunch.

krapp 6y ago

I don't know. I'm opposed to obituary threads on principle but at least some of them lead to interesting discussions about the era and field the person lived and worked in. There's a reason celebrity and mainstream stories are off topic unless they present evidence of a new and interesting phenomenon that sparks intellectual curiosity - discussions tend to wallow in maudlin sentimentality, political snark or pop culture nonsense otherwise. A person's death alone, while unfortunate, doesn't meet the quality bar.

ggm 6y ago

He has a tenuous link to computing. He visited Edinburgh's department of computer science in the early sixties not that long after it opened (the BBC used a different department doorway to the entry in Buccleuch Place because the front door was too shabby) and he and the queen had email boxes from pre-internet British telecommunications before it was cool on prestel. He served on British warships and almost certainly used analogue computers to do fire calculations for the big ships guns.

dcminter 6y ago

I hope it won't be for long. He's an unequivocally political figure for a variety of reasons. I don't see anything intellectually interesting in the fact that he's died. At best we might discuss why he wasn't king despite being married to the monarch. When the queen dies that will be another matter - there are constitutional issues around that and the death of a long-reigning monarch who spans the end of empire will have some historical weight. Edit: ...and flagged before I finished posting. Good. Edit2: ...and now apparently unflagged? I didn't know that was a thing on HN.

rvz 6y ago
> He's an unequivocally political figure for a variety of reasons. I don't see anything intellectually interesting in the fact that he's died. This is the most robotic response to a public figure's death I have ever seen. Well done.

gadders 6y ago

A lot of people in the UK and Commonwealth have a link with the Duke of Edinburgh via the awards scheme that teenagers undertake: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Award https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Duke_of_Edinburgh%27s_Awar...

S53Vflnr4n 6y ago

Because white people paying respects to their racist colonial master.

rataata_jr 6y ago
Have some respect for ww2 veterans.
- S53Vflnr4n 6y ago
  Lols !

ghaff 6y ago

Apparently mostly to be a lightning rod for people to rant about the British monarchy and get flagged in the process. Threads like these have a certain car wreck quality in that it's hard to look away but you really shouldn't expect much of quality,

cblconfederate 6y ago

I guess he was an influencer? Or maybe he got hacked, one of the two

corobo 6y ago

I got into computers while skiving off during Duke of Edinburgh awards periods in school if that helps any

wombatmobile 6y ago

> More out of curiosity than judgement; why is this on HN? Maybe because in human networks monarchy is one of the major legacy operating systems?

criddell 6y ago

It was upvoted often enough and quickly enough that the algorithm put it on the front page. Prince Philip is a public figure of some prominence, so I'm guessing the people who run the site (dang and maybe others?) let it be unless the comments turn to shit. I, for one, am glad that it has lasted this long. I've learned a bunch of new things and added a book to my reading list.

swilliamsio 6y ago

Though not everything on HN is tech related, you could argue Prince Philip was a bit of a tech icon as this article did: "Prince Philip, inadvertent father of the Computer Misuse Act, dies aged 99" https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/09/prince_philip_obituary/ https://www.theregister.com/2021/04/09/prince_philip_obituar...