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Ask HN: Who Died?

1 pointsby MasterScratalmost 2 years ago
I see HN is showing the "half mast" (black top border) which traditionally means someone close to the hacker community passed. But I have heard of no such news. What happened?

3 comments

mikecealmost 2 years ago
<a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37011324">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=37011324</a>
mtmailalmost 2 years ago
The story &quot;Bram Moolenaar has died&quot; on position 4 on the frontpage with 3000 upvotes. When Queen Elisabeth died the story had only 2800 upvotes.
jacquesmalmost 2 years ago
Bram Moolenaar, the Dutch author of Vim aged 62, see #4 on the homepage right now.