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Ask HN: What's with that black bar at the top?
Anybody noticed that new black bar at the top of HN? Here's its HTML:
<tr>
<td bgcolor="#000000">
<img src="s.gif" height="5" width="0">
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</tr>
s.gif is a single (1x1) white pixel
- h2odragon 7y agoI assume this: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282 Dunno why this afternoon, and that story, rather than the 4 or more other links that cycled through since yesterday.
- rahuldottech 7y agoIt's used to pay respect to a recently deceased tech person. In this case, Larry Tesler: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22361282 In the past, we've had it for Steve Jobs and Aaron Swartz, among others.
- jolmg 7y agoand Bert Sutherland: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22370667 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22370667