Reloading a page I was viewing last night, and a 5px black bar has appeared site-wide on HackerNews. A search provided no one else asking the question, so I'm asking it.
Ask HN: Any significance to the black bar at the top of HN today?
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#2Charlottesville.
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#3Gerald Weinberg has died.
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#4Charlottesville.
Oh, I see. Thank you.
For anyone else confused, today is the first anniversary of the Charlottesville incident, where violence occurred between the "Unite the right" group, and a counter protest. A car was also driven into protesters, killing 1.
Today a state of emergency was put in place by the state, to give specific state powers to the police, to keep the peace.
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#5Gerald Weinberg has died. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17716098
Ah. JAdamMoore mentioned that it might be Charlottesville related. Can you confirm it's because of Gerald Weinberg's passing?
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#6The black bar is how HN pays its respects as a community to people who have left an impact on this world with their passing.
This old Ask HN touches on the same question you are asking, as a black bar appeared on the Brussels event date and Andy Grove's death. I hope it clarifies that this black bar is not connected to an anniversary of an event.
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#7Charlottesville.
No.
Has there ever been a black bar for a political thing or a terror attack or so? I don't think so.
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#8Would it not be possible to add a tooltip to the top bar on hover when it has this styling? Or maybe a link to the relevant discussion thread? It's awkward to see this in the morning and then have to go search recent HN posts for "has died".