Icq old sound
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked for nostalgia, as an instant audio time-travel to the early instant messaging era.
What it is
A short upload of the classic ICQ notification sounds, such as the 'uh-oh' message alert.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2014 to 2022.
What Hacker News said
Cites striking · 2016-03 · on “Sources of ICQ desktop client by mail.ru”
The Worms sound is slightly lower and has a slightly longer "oh", imo.[0][1] I don't remember there being an "uh oh" sound in Chip's Challenge (the death sound was "bummer" iirc)[2] 0: [this video] 1: [LINK] (apologies for the video track, couldn't find anything better) 2: [LINK]
Cites novocantico · 2022-04 · on “Twitter accounts dropping “.eth” from usernames”
> Also, ICQ would say uh-oh when you got new messages Wow, as soon as I read that, I heard it in my head, exactly as it was. Since I wasn't sure it was a false memory, I looked it up[1], and yeah, it was exactly the same, except in my head it was in a slightly lower voice. Amazing. Instant audio time-travel just by reading a comment. [1] [this video]