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I’m pretty sure I remember the queen got black banner on HN. Which I found to be slightly odd given this curtesy wasn’t offered to the C language Dennis Ritchi

I’m pretty sure I remember the queen got black banner on HN. Which I found to be slightly odd given this curtesy wasn’t offered to the C language Dennis Ritchie on the day he died!

mkl 3y ago
There isn't one for Queen Elizabeth on archive.org (I looked at all nearby captures): https://web.archive.org/web/20220908183522/https://news.ycombinator.com/news https://web.archive.org/web/20220908183522/https://news.ycom...
- benj111 3y ago
  It could be the Mandela effect, but I remember this. I was quite surprised because HN isn't UK focussed, and the Queen isn't (wasn't) a tech gal. Off topic. How long can we refer to her as 'the queen' without qualification. And how long before I remember the new lyrics to God save the qu.. king?
  - pavlov 3y ago
    Queen Victoria died in 1901. I bet there were people alive at Elizabeth II’s coronation half a century later who still referred to Victoria as “the” queen.
    - benj111 3y ago
      True. I still refer to 'the 20s' as the 1920s. And 'turn of the century' as 19th -> 20th century even though we're a quarter of the way into the next. I guess it'll be a generational thing like knowing what your nans talking about when she mentions the 'tranny' (transistor radio), your dad the hi fi, etc, etc.
  - keepamovin 3y ago
    Mandela effect definitely! I also remember the Queen having this, and people commenting that it was weird as HN wasn't UK focussed!
    - benj111 3y ago
      Is your comment a data point for or against the mandela effect? The more people that remember, the stronger the presumed Mandela effect, but also the higher the burden of proof to prove the Mandela effect. At some point it becomes reasonable to assume it isn't the Mandela effect, and just the way back machine not capturing it.
      - keepamovin 3y ago
        Overly logical. Then at your crossover point it's the other side who know it wasn't there having the Mandela effect. Either way you can't avoid it: you can't "out logic" the Mandela effect.
dang 3y ago
Here is the first archive page I looked at for that day: https://web.archive.org/web/20111013093338/http://news.ycombinator.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111013093338/http://news.ycomb... Not only was the black bar turned on, the top 11 stories were all about dmr, as were 17 of 30 stories on the front page. p.s. No, we didn't turn it on for the queen. I just checked the logs.

I’m pretty sure I remember the queen got black banner on HN. Which I found to be slightly odd given this curtesy wasn’t offered to the C language Dennis Ritchie on the day he died!

mkl 3y ago

There isn't one for Queen Elizabeth on archive.org (I looked at all nearby captures): https://web.archive.org/web/20220908183522/https://news.ycombinator.com/news https://web.archive.org/web/20220908183522/https://news.ycom...

benj111 3y ago
It could be the Mandela effect, but I remember this. I was quite surprised because HN isn't UK focussed, and the Queen isn't (wasn't) a tech gal. Off topic. How long can we refer to her as 'the queen' without qualification. And how long before I remember the new lyrics to God save the qu.. king?
- pavlov 3y ago
  Queen Victoria died in 1901. I bet there were people alive at Elizabeth II’s coronation half a century later who still referred to Victoria as “the” queen.
  - benj111 3y ago
    True. I still refer to 'the 20s' as the 1920s. And 'turn of the century' as 19th -> 20th century even though we're a quarter of the way into the next. I guess it'll be a generational thing like knowing what your nans talking about when she mentions the 'tranny' (transistor radio), your dad the hi fi, etc, etc.
- keepamovin 3y ago
  Mandela effect definitely! I also remember the Queen having this, and people commenting that it was weird as HN wasn't UK focussed!
  - benj111 3y ago
    Is your comment a data point for or against the mandela effect? The more people that remember, the stronger the presumed Mandela effect, but also the higher the burden of proof to prove the Mandela effect. At some point it becomes reasonable to assume it isn't the Mandela effect, and just the way back machine not capturing it.
    - keepamovin 3y ago
      Overly logical. Then at your crossover point it's the other side who know it wasn't there having the Mandela effect. Either way you can't avoid it: you can't "out logic" the Mandela effect.

dang 3y ago

Here is the first archive page I looked at for that day: https://web.archive.org/web/20111013093338/http://news.ycombinator.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20111013093338/http://news.ycomb... Not only was the black bar turned on, the top 11 stories were all about dmr, as were 17 of 30 stories on the front page. p.s. No, we didn't turn it on for the queen. I just checked the logs.