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benreesman ◴[] No.42152896[source]
The black bar means someone died. A real computer scientist.

I hope it’s not a legend like ken or something, but it’s not obvious from the front page and #1 is a video game.

Tell me we’re not handing out black bars for anniversaries of software now?

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wvbdmp ◴[] No.42152938[source]
Thomas E. Kurtz of BASIC fame https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42141761
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1. benreesman ◴[] No.42152941[source]
RIP.

Legend.