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 orderI find this initially unintuitive, but it makes sense when you think about it. Look at any other system that produces aggregate emergent behavior out the behavior of smaller parts. For example, here's Conway's Game of Life implemented using... Conway's Game of Life: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP5-iIeKXE8 It takes many many steps of the inner game of life to produce a single iteration of the outer simulation. In general, with emergent behavior, it takes a lot of inner steps to produce a single…
I highly recommend the book "The Machinery of Life" by David S. Goodsell. It isn't too long, the text is interesting with out getting too bogged down in the details (there simply would be too much to cover in detail), but the highlight is he a professor of molecular biology, he is an excellent illustrator, and the book is packed with detailed illustrations that alone make the book worth it. $18 on amazon. (get the 2nd edition, not the 1st…
https://neurosciencenews.com/genetic-eye-neurogenesis-17128/...
The first time I saw 'The Inner Life of the Cell' I spontaneously burst into tears. The most stunning visualization I've ever seen. It was on the SIGGRAPH electronic theater DVD.
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
- 505
- Total comments
- 198
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017-11-06 | Living cells are very fast and crowded places (2012)First breakout | manigandham | 205 | 79 |
| 2020-10-05 | Cells are fast and crowded places (2011) | whereistimbo | 2 | 1 |
| 2020-10-05 | Cells are fast and crowded places (2011)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | gmays | 294 | 117 |
| 2022-03-11 | Cells are fast and crowded places (2011) | graderjs | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-06-02 | Cells are fast and crowded places (2011)Hall induction | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-11-20 | Cells are fast and crowded places (2011) | Tomte | 1 | 1 |