Re:John Glenn has died
by Waterluvian on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:33PM
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What's a black bar?
It's a black line 1px high at the top of the page above the orange bar. Here's a snapshot of it from 2011:
https://web.archive.org/web/20111006184954/http://news.ycomb...
Correction: it's 5px high
Re:John Glenn has died
by freehunter on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:34PM
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Blacking out the orange bar at the top of the site. Traditionally done in mourning.
Re:John Glenn has died
by thecrazyone on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:52PM
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You know, I was wondering what site. Perhaps, it's some sort of an orange thing on the launch site (of rockets). The sudden context switch of parent comments talking about astronauts got me :-)
I've never seen the orange bar being blacked out recently (since I've been a member).
Glenn does seem like a swell guy!
Edit: fix typos
Re:John Glenn has died
by Waterluvian on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:38PM
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Thanks.
I agree.
Re:John Glenn has died
by greenpizza13 on Thursday December 08, 2016 @06:35PM
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I agree.
I second the black bar.
Thirded
Fourthed.
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I recommend you review the Hacker News Guidelines (https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html).
"Anything that gratifies one's intellectual curiosity" is on topic. John Glenn clearly fits into the group.
The black bar has usually been reserved for noteworthy deaths in the programming and technology fields, and it's always been at the discretion of the HN staff to decide which death deserves it and which doesn't - and most seem not to.
Discussions around people's lives, regardless of their field, are what create worthwhile tributes. The black bar is just vanity.
Re:John Glenn has died
by celticninja on Thursday December 08, 2016 @05:15PM
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A very confusing point badly made.
John Glenn was very influential on me as a student. He gave a talk at my high school about how learning as much as you could prepared you for the unexpected. He certainly put that to the test (as all of the astronauts then and now) do. The stakes are high, the resources limited, and time for a solution is finite. God speed John Glenn.