Ask HN: Why was there a black border on HN few days back?

Posted by unexpand on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @12:52PM
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Re:Ask HN: Why was there a black border on HN few days back? by sebg on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @12:54PM (#10981592)

Marvin Minsky died. It was in his honor. You can see all of the stories on HN here -> https://hn.algolia.com/?query=Marvin%20Minsky&sort=byPopular...

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Re:Ask HN: Why was there a black border on HN few days back? by degif on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @12:54PM (#10981589)

When someone important to the community dies, a thin black bar is added to the top of HN as a mark of respect [1].

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Re:Ask HN: Why was there a black border on HN few days back? by unexpand on Wednesday January 27, 2016 @01:47PM (#10982037)

Thanks, wasn't aware of that.

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