Here's a CSS-only hacky version I threw together:

  #hnmain td td:last-child .pagetop {
    font-size: 0;
  }
  #hnmain td td:last-child .pagetop a {
    font-size: 10pt;
  }
  #hnmain td td:last-child .pagetop a:first-child::after {
    content: ' | ';
  }