[LinuxBender]

If you happen to have NoScript installed, you can add something like this to the My filters

  ycombinator.com##.c00:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.c5a:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.c73:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.c82:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.c88:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.c9c:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.cae:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.cbe:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.cce:style(color: #000 !important; )
  ycombinator.com##.cdd:style(color: #000 !important; )

Change the color to match your preference.

[fighterpilot]

It'd be cool to have an option in the user's HN profile/account that they can toggle if they want to hide the greying out