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 order> Apollo 11 spacecraft contains 4 computers Analog computers don't get the respect they deserve. There's one more computer, the FCC. The Flight Control Computer is an analog computer in the Saturn V that controlled the rocket gimbals. It's a two-foot cylinder weighing almost 100 pounds.
I'd like to also see an article examining these computing power attributes on the piece of garbage embedded computer on the front of the gas pumps where the lag between registering every keypress is like 800ms, and every screen redraw takes about 2000ms. It takes me an extra 60 seconds to get gas now thanks to how slow these things are, and it is nearly universal despite whether they appear to be 20 year old or new devices. > Car…
Comments moved to https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22254719, which was earlier.
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
- 965
- Total comments
- 408
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-02-06 | Apollo 11 Guidance Computer vs. USB-C ChargersFirst breakout | indy | 397 | 205 |
| 2020-02-06 | Apollo 11 guidance computer vs. USB-C chargers | fanf2 | 61 | 1 |
| 2020-02-07 | Apollo 11 Guidance Computer vs. USB-C Chargers | cnst | 5 | 0 |
| 2023-12-27 | Apollo 11 vs. USB-C Chargers (2020)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | raimue | 502 | 202 |