Is this a Christmas celebration thingie or it was changed before and I've just noticed it?
Ask HN: Did the HN top bar turn red?
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#2The indexes also turned red/green alternating so it’s very likely just Christmas.
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#3I do believe it's a Christmas thing. The topic numbers also alternate between red and green today.
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#4It was for Festivus ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Festivus ), but they forgot to restore it in time for Christmas.
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#5I do believe it's a Christmas thing. The topic numbers also alternate between red and green today.
Hah! As a deuteranomalous person I wouldn't have noticed without someone telling, and then inspecting very carefully :(
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#6It's a different red (#cc1010) to the story rank numbers (#be2828); maybe the latter colour gave too little contrast compared to the menu bar text, so they opted for a lighter one.
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#7375 years ago on this day, Isaac Newton was born. We don’t know whether the apple that inspired him to his theory of gravitation was green or red, so I guess the admins play it safe.
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#8375 years ago on this day, Isaac Newton was born. We don’t know whether the apple that inspired him to his theory of gravitation was green or red, so I guess the admins play it safe.
Isn't Newton's birthday January 4th, but was December 25th in their calendar back in the day? Or is it the other way around?
Re: Ask HN: Did the HN top bar turn red?
#9Haven't seen this, maybe because I use a custom color (the default one seems "too orange" for me)
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#10You must be new here ;-)