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

2 points by unexpand 10 years ago | 3 comments

sebg 10 years ago |

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...

degif 10 years ago |

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

unexpand 10 years ago | |

Thanks, wasn't aware of that.