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For the unenlightened (or perhaps just me), what do you mean by "have the black bar out"?
by courtewing 15y ago
For the unenlightened (or perhaps just me), what do you mean by "have the black bar out"?
- mixmax 15y agothe red topbar is changed to black to show condolences.
- tialys 15y agoWhen a member of the community, or a popular figure in the hacker community passes away, a black bar is put at the top of HN in memory of that person.
- courtewing 15y agoAh! Thank you very much. It looks like the black bar is now up there, too.
- redthrowaway 15y agoTurning the orange bar at the top black. It's been done before as a sign of respect for other important people in the computing world who have passed.
- deleted 15y ago[deleted]
- mwill 15y agohttp://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 It's a black bar across the top of the page. pg puts it up in memorial.
- s-phi-nl 15y agoPG has twice put a black bar above the top bar in memory of someone's death. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 for the first use of it, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859117 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859117 for the second.
- rottencupcakes 15y agoHe also did it (most recently I think) for rtm's father: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2712469 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=2712469