Ask HN: Why did HN add a black strip on top? 5 points by ilya_m 2y ago ↗ HN Is this in acknowledgement of Kevin Mitnick's untimely passing?
[–] skilled 2y ago ↗ > Occasionally, there will be a thin black bar at the top of the top bar, in memoriam of a significant figure in the tech/science community dying. A Hacker News submission about the death will usually be on the front page at that time.https://github.com/minimaxir/hacker-news-undocumented
[–] slater 2y ago ↗ Yes. It gets added when someone in the computing world passes. [–] legrande 2y ago ↗ > someone in the computing worldNotable / Prominent people. Many hackers die every day, but some are so privacy/security conscious that nobody notices.
[–] legrande 2y ago ↗ > someone in the computing worldNotable / Prominent people. Many hackers die every day, but some are so privacy/security conscious that nobody notices.
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Notable / Prominent people. Many hackers die every day, but some are so privacy/security conscious that nobody notices.