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I saw the black bar and thought "huh, who died?". I then briefly scanned the front page, saw that someone called Andy Grove had died. It took two seconds to do
by dkersten 11y ago
I saw the black bar and thought "huh, who died?". I then briefly scanned the front page, saw that someone called Andy Grove had died. It took two seconds to do a Google search and I had my answer.
Its really not very difficult (or time consuming) to find out who it is.
- ekianjo 11y ago> I saw the black bar and thought "huh, who died?" It's highly selective though. There are some great Hackers who have passed away recently and get no black bar at all. I guess you don't want to do it every single day, but then why do it at all ?
- krapp 11y agoThat's the biggest problem with the black bar in a status-conscious community like HN - it unintentionally becomes a prize. Certain deaths earn it, other deaths don't.
- jotux 11y agoA prize for whom? The dead people?
- krapp 11y agoYes.
- mathgeek 11y agoI highly doubt anyone in any HN-related community is living their life hoping to get a black bar for a day.
- krapp 11y agoIt's not much of a prize, but the fact that it goes up for some tech-related deaths and not others makes it a de facto posthumous award, whether it's intended to be or not. People inevitably talk about how someone "deserves" the black bar, as if it should be something earned and not given.
- HeyLaughingBoy 11y agoWe're status-conscious? I have to say that has never actually occurred to me.
- faehnrich 11y agoOh, I saw the black bar and wondered, didn't make the connection it was for someone that died.
- dkersten 11y agoI suppose if you haven't seen it before, there's no way of knowing it.