Use this CSS with eg. Stylus Firefox extension on Hackernews: Much better, ahh...

.spacer { height: 20px !important; } .ind { background: repeating-linear-gradient( 90deg, #f6f6ef 0px, #f6f6ef 37px, #465298 39px, #465298 39px ); } #hnmain { max-width: 1200px; }