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The annoying 'What's the Black Line For' Treasure Hunt every time it happens could be eliminated by having a tooltip appear on hovering over the black line with
by simonblack 2y ago
The annoying 'What's the Black Line For' Treasure Hunt every time it happens could be eliminated by having a tooltip appear on hovering over the black line with something along the lines of "Bill Smith dies."
For extra points, a <LINK to some News Article Telling Us about Bill Smith> could be included.
If Google can do that when it shows a 'special day' image, why can't HN??
- quantified 2y agoCould be a culture marker. It's in keeping with the minimalist aesthetic. A signal to find the news. Usually it's in the top 30 within a couple of hours. Today's appears to have been [https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41201555 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41201555]