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Ask HN: Did the HN top bar turn red?
Is this a Christmas celebration thingie or it was changed before and I've just noticed it?
- uranusjr 9y agoThe indexes also turned red/green alternating so it’s very likely just Christmas.
- WCSTombs 9y agoI do believe it's a Christmas thing. The topic numbers also alternate between red and green today.
- drdaeman 9y agoHah! As a deuteranomalous person I wouldn't have noticed without someone telling, and then inspecting very carefully :(
- XmasHijinx 9y agoThey have glasses to correct that. Called Enchroma.
- drdaeman 9y agoWell, normally that's not an issue at all. But those glasses are interesting. Never heard about this before. I'll check out - thanks a lot!
- the-dude 9y agoIt was for Festivus ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus ), but they forgot to restore it in time for Christmas.
- flashman 9y agoIt's a different red (#cc1010) to the story rank numbers (#be2828); maybe the latter colour gave too little contrast compared to the menu bar text, so they opted for a lighter one.
- Someone 9y ago375 years ago on this day, Isaac Newton was born. We don’t know whether the apple that inspired him to his theory of gravitation was green or red, so I guess the admins play it safe.
- slazaro 9y agoIsn't Newton's birthday January 4th, but was December 25th in their calendar back in the day? Or is it the other way around?
- thg 9y agoYou are correct. He was born December 25th, 1642 as per the Julian calendar and January 4th, 1643 as per the Gregorian calendar that almost everyone uses today.
- raverbashing 9y agoHaven't seen this, maybe because I use a custom color (the default one seems "too orange" for me)
- dqpb 9y agoHow do you set a custom color?
- raverbashing 9y agoClick on your user name (on the top right), change 'topcolor' on the settings, click 'update'
- lower 9y agoI think you need a certain amount of karma before this option appears.
- wyclif 9y agoYou must be new here ;-)
- edanm 9y agoI've been here for years, and I forgot literally every year why this happens and have to remind myself.
- XmasHijinx 9y agoLiterally?
- jaimex2 9y agoThe blood moon rises once again.
- interfixus 9y agoYuletide. Even if that merry feast in many parts of the world is heavily overshadowed by so-called Christmas these days.