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Re:Whence '\N'? by cpach on Sunday October 06, 2024 @12:48PM (#41758386)
If you do view source, it’s actually \n, but it’s not displayed as such because of this CSS rule:

  .title {
    font-variant: small-caps;
  }
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Re:Whence '\N'? by sedatk on Sunday October 06, 2024 @12:51PM (#41758407)
So, the HN title is wrong.
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Re:Whence '\N'? by isatty on Sunday October 06, 2024 @12:57PM (#41758450)
The original title is.
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Re:Whence '\N'? by niederman on Sunday October 06, 2024 @01:28PM (#41758613)
No, the original title is correct, small caps are just an alternate way of setting lowercase letters.
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Re:Whence '\N'? by neuroelectron on Sunday October 06, 2024 @03:35PM (#41759606)
When have you ever seen small caps in use on this website?
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Re:Whence '\N'? by deathanatos on Sunday October 06, 2024 @01:57PM (#41758799)
In addition to what others have said about smallcaps being a stylistic rendering, if you copy & paste the original title, you'll get

  Whence '\n'?
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