Submission timeline
2007–2026One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderMy favourite trade floor keyboard I Own is definitely the Wey. Fully programmable. Swappable modules for Bloomberg and Reuters. Picked the thing up at a yard sale and recently locked myself out of the thing by accident https://youtu.be/e-5DDDd3Qzw
"The Grid" is a fascinating machine. If you're interested in it the full name is the GRiD Compass 1101. It used a display I've never seen on any laptop before, an electroluminescent monochrome one, really weird tech there. It's primarily used in static displays like car dashboards because it's very unlikely to "burn out" (not even sure it's possible). I've never seen them on dynamic displays before. More fun facts, it was used in space, and perhaps even as the…
Boy, Bloomberg loves them some Bloomberg
The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 265
- Total comments
- 160
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-05-16 | A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard (2017)First breakout · Best thread | dmmalam | 147 | 104 |
| 2019-08-19 | A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard (2017)Latest 20+ point return | bookofjoe | 112 | 55 |
| 2021-02-02 | A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard | megraf | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-05-27 | Look Back: Bloomberg Keyboard | hirawat | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-01-23 | A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard | jparise | 2 | 1 |
| 2023-02-22 | A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard | tta | 2 | 0 |