Ask HN: Why Is the Favicon a Dog?

Something strange is happening with your browser. The favicon for HN is the orange YCombinator logo - the same one that you see next to "Hacker News" at the top of the page.

Here's a direct link to HN's favicon: https://news.ycombinator.com/favicon.ico

Maybe if you clear your cache and re-load the page you'll get the right icon.