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 orderMan - this is my fkn brand. Plain text is almost a universal truth -- and it's easy to church up your documentation with a well presented ASCII chart. Some ANSI Color Codes and ASCIInema can carry you a long way. Here's a list of plain text information tools from my notes: https://mbarkhau.keybase.pub/asciigrid/ https://gitlab.com/mbarkhau/asciigrid/ ascii-tables is exactly what is says on the label. https://ozh.github.io/ascii-tables/ https://github.com/ozh/ascii-tables/ https://www.netpen.io/main/…
A little ASCII art for math from a code snippet of mine: // // B(m,n)(x) = binomial(m,n) * (1-x)^(m-n) * x^n // __ m-n // (1-x)^(m-n) = \ (-1)^i * binomial(m-n,i) * x^i // /_ i=0 // __ m-n // B(m,n)(x) = binomial(m,n) \ (-1)^i * binomial(m-n,i) * x^(i+n) // /_ i=0 // Polynomial Polynomial::bernstein(unsigned m, unsigned n) { Polynomial B(m); unsigned j = m-n; double scale = binomial(m,n); for (unsigned i = 0; i <= j; i++) if (isEven(i))…
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
- 452
- Total comments
- 127
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-02-18 | Explaining Code Using ASCII ArtFirst breakout | dmit | 209 | 47 |
| 2020-06-26 | Explaining Code using ASCII Art (2019) | galacticdessert | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-06-17 | Explaining Code using ASCII Art (2019) | bshanks | 5 | 0 |
| 2022-06-27 | Explaining Code Using ASCII ArtBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | behnamoh | 232 | 80 |
| 2024-04-25 | Explaining code using ASCII art | memalign | 3 | 0 |