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Ask HN: What is thick black row above top of header?

2•guiambros•1h ago
I just noticed HN now has a thick black row right above the header [1].

I don't mean any disrespect to dang or whoever designed it, but is this supposed to be a feature or a bug? :)

According to Internet Archive it was added earlier today; it wasn't there before [2]. Here's the html:

  <td bgcolor="#000000">
    <img src="s.gif" height="5" width="0">
  </td>
Personally I prefer the clean look from before, but respect if this is a new permanent design. I use a custom HN dark theme extension, so I can just adjust it to remove the row (unless it serves some other purpose; maybe counting visitors?)

[1] 2026-03-11 01:07 https://web.archive.org/web/20260311010735/https://news.ycombinator.com/

[2] 2026-03-10 05:34 https://web.archive.org/web/20260310053447/https://news.ycombinator.com/

Comments

jonaslanglotz•1h ago
It's digital mourning stationery [1] in memory of Tony Hoare [2].

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_stationery [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47324054

ljf•1h ago
The user who posted this seems banned, but their answer seems correct:

jonaslanglotz 2 minutes ago [dead] [–]

It's digital mourning stationery [1] in memory of Tony Hoare [2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mourning_stationery [2] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47324054

guiambros•1h ago
Oh, how insensitive from my part. I didn't realize this was done to memorialize Sir Tony Hoare. Thanks for the answer, and apologies for such a frivolous question.
ljf•1h ago
To be honest, I didn't know either, so was glad someone asked.
richardjam73•1h ago
Its used to indicate that someone of importance to the community has died.

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