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 orderWhy would I bother copying and pasting the code to my clipboard when common industry practice now is just to invoke the output of curl directly? ruby -e "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/mxcl/homebrew/go)
So, ok. Don't copy and paste from a website to a terminal, I get it and I got it the last time that this kind of thing was posted. But if I look around I put so incredibly much trust in total strangers all the time that compared to say ordering a pizza (where the cook could put anything in the food they wanted), driving on the highway (where anybody could swerve any moment if they wanted) and simply walking…
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
- 1360
- Total comments
- 502
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-07 | Don't Copy-Paste from Website to TerminalFirst breakout · Best thread | dave1010uk | 689 | 258 |
| 2014-10-08 | Do Not Copy and Paste from a Website to Your Terminal | shawndumas | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-11-12 | Don't copy paste from a website to a terminalLatest 20+ point return | DAddYE | 665 | 244 |
| 2018-11-09 | Copy Paste from Website to Terminal | LinuxBender | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-10-09 | Don't Copy-Paste from Website to TerminalHall induction | pcr910303 | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-04-17 | Copy-Paste from Website to Terminal | LinuxBender | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-01-25 | Don't copy-paste from a website to a terminal (2013) | notRobot | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-03-09 | Copy-Paste from Website to Terminal | graderjs | 1 | 0 |