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OP is correct. It needs context. /Two/ prominent tech people have passed. It would be useful to know which the black bar is referencing, or is it referencing bo

• krapp 3y ago
  Why do you need that spelled out for you? The black bar can refer to anyone you want it to. "Context" would only lead to tedious arguments over who "deserves" it and who doesn't, etc, and there's too much of that as it is. It would also violate HN's tradition of minimalism to add extra features to the UI. Particularly since people here tend to be so feature blind they likely wouldn't even notice them. Now on top of extra threads explaining why there's a black bar each time it happens we have extra threads pointing out the existence of whatever else gets added. Even though there's bound to be at least one (preferably only one) "x has died" thread which should be sufficient. Everything else is just noise pollution.