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Ask HN: What does the black banner at the top of hacker news represent?
If you log in to Hacker news, you'll notice the top bar has a black stripe going across the top. Does anyone know what it represents?
- detaro 9y agoit's added when someone important to the community died, in this case Stephen Hawking today. Thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16582136 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16582136
- jonathanyc 9y agoProbably the death of Stephen Hawkings, famous physicist. The black bar appears on such occasions.
- mrburton 9y agoThat makes perfect sense. I was aware he died, but I wasn't aware these two were related.