~/.elinks/hooks.pl

sub pre_format_html_hook {
  my ($url, $html) = (shift, shift);

  if ($url =~ m|news.ycombinator.com/item\?id=|) {
    $html =~ s|<img src="s.gif" height=1 width=([0-9]{1,3})>|'&nbsp;'x($1/10)|eg;
  }

  return $html;
}