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Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
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Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
#12For the unenlightened (or perhaps just me), what do you mean by "have the black bar out"?
PG has twice put a black bar above the top bar in memory of someone's death. See http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=644954 for the first use of it, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=859117 for the second.
Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
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There's a button for that...
Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
#14I'll say what nobody else seems willing to say: I don't think he deserves it. De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all that, but let's face it: Steve Jobs was a skilled salesman, nothing more.
Let's keep the black bar for people who have actually made a contribution to computing.
Edit: 2 minutes and already voted down to -4. Oh well, I knew this would be an unpopular opinion...
Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
#15For the unenlightened (or perhaps just me), what do you mean by "have the black bar out"?
When a member of the community, or a popular figure in the hacker community passes away, a black bar is put at the top of HN in memory of that person.
Ah! Thank you very much. It looks like the black bar is now up there, too.
Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
#16I'll say what nobody else seems willing to say: I don't think he deserves it. De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all that, but let's face it: Steve Jobs was a skilled salesman, nothing more. Let's keep the black bar for people who have actually made a contribution to computing. Edit: 2 minutes and already voted down to -4. Oh well, I knew this would be an unpopular opinion...
If you can't even acknowledge the contribution and impact Apple has made on computing in general right now, then you are significantly more far-gone than anyone you have ever accused of being a fanboy.
That's just a ridiculous statement. Steve Jobs made no contribution to computing? Complete bullshit.
Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
#17I'll say what nobody else seems willing to say: I don't think he deserves it. De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all that, but let's face it: Steve Jobs was a skilled salesman, nothing more. Let's keep the black bar for people who have actually made a contribution to computing. Edit: 2 minutes and already voted down to -4. Oh well, I knew this would be an unpopular opinion...
At the very least, Jobs had a tremendous impact on the tech community. As a more recent example, look at the amount of people posting on HN the week after he left Apple. He should IMHO be remembered by those who knew, worked with, and respected him.
Edit: I disagree with you that he didn't have a significant impact on computing itself, but if hypothetically he hadn't, he was still far too well known.
Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
#18Thanks PG.
Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
#19Looks like pg might be busy trying to keep the site up and running.
And yet it's up. Thanks.
Re: Request PG: Could we please have the black bar out for Steve Jobs?
#20I'll say what nobody else seems willing to say: I don't think he deserves it. De mortuis nihil nisi bonum and all that, but let's face it: Steve Jobs was a skilled salesman, nothing more. Let's keep the black bar for people who have actually made a contribution to computing. Edit: 2 minutes and already voted down to -4. Oh well, I knew this would be an unpopular opinion...
He introduced millions of hackers to their first computer. I'd call that a contribution, indirect as it is.