Ask HN: What's with the black bar at the top of the page?

[zach_garwood]

There's now a new row in the layout table that's just a black background column containing a 5px high gif. Has that always been there and I just never noticed it?

  <tr>
    <td bgcolor="#000000">
        <img src="s.gif" width="0" height="5">
    </td>
  </tr>

[chrisrickard]

It's a sign of respect for someone who has passed away.

[detaro]

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=33649390