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Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
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Re: Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
#2Re: Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
#3It's equivalent to the flag at half mast:
> When someone important to the community dies, a thin black bar is added to the top of HN as a mark of respect
Re: Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
#4It's for the late Paul Allen RIP.
Should've known, sorry all.
Re: Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
#5Paul Allen, co-founder of Microsoft, has died.
Re: Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
#6Welcome to HN!
I love this question every time I see it.
Re: Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
#7https://hn.algolia.com/?query=ask%20hn%20black%20bar&sort=by...
Perhaps time to add it to the FAQ.
Re: Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
#8https://hn.algolia.com/?query=ask%20hn%20black%20bar&sort=by...
Perhaps time to add it to the FAQ.
It certainly is a frequently asked question. But spelling everything out is against the spirit of the site.
On HN it's good for readers to have to work a little, and the audience is smart enough to figure things out.
Re: Ask HN: What is the new black horizontal line at the top of HN?
#9It's for the late Paul Allen RIP. Should've known, sorry all.
I'm relatively new to HN, and as such I hadn't encountered the black line before. Thanks for asking the question so that noobs like me can find out the answer.