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Well, from experience I've seen the black bar for: Steve Jobs, John McCarthy, and Dennis Ritchie each in October 2011, so I assume most HN posters know (or shou
by xigency 11y ago
Well, from experience I've seen the black bar for: Steve Jobs, John McCarthy, and Dennis Ritchie each in October 2011, so I assume most HN posters know (or should know: see this thread) that the black bar is a sign of respect for famed engineers, scientists and technologists who have passed.
- Mithaldu 11y agoRead the rest of the comments. There's plenty of confusion, and it's not applied consistently. Saying "it should not explain itself because of tradition" is only valid as a justification if you actively want to keep people out.
- xigency 11y agoI didn't say that. Luckily, the black bar doesn't appear as a weekly occurrence. When it does appear, the community can explain it well enough. In this case, no one is saying that you can't mourn more than one event. Incidentally, the site administrators are most concerned with events that directly relate to Silicon Valley. That is just the context that they operate from and is not a statement of values.