I haven't seen the post, but I'm guessing it's because this guy died: https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/06/charles-thacker-key-designer-of-the-xerox-alto-di

I haven't seen the post, but I'm guessing it's because this guy died: https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/06/charles-thacker-key-designer-of-the-xerox-alto-dies-at-74/ https://arstechnica.com/business/2017/06/charles-thacker-key... HN does this whenever someone notable dies. Edit - Here's the thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14548030 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14548030