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 orderAt GitLab we've been working with some volunteers at the FSF/GNU Project to improve our score on the Ethical Repo Criteria Evaluation [1]. We've got an issue open about LibreJS [2] specifically, as well as another to fix the other issue preventing us from receiving a B grade. We're also working on resolving some of the A grade criteria, albeit not all of them [3]. It's disheartening to see the FSF demonized here, as I've been pleasantly surprised with the…
If it's trivial but nonfree, it still runs. What is meant by non-trivial, and how do you programmatically determine that a script is non-trivial? Like this: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/librejs.git/tree/common/ch... * If an identifier on the banned list exists, it is non-trivial. The list is here: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/librejs.git/tree/common/fn... * If an identifier is ever followed by the square bracket indexing operator, it's non-trivial. (Looking at Stallman's requirement, it looks like this…
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
- 320
- Total comments
- 215
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-04-07 | LibreJS | zoowar | 6 | 0 |
| 2016-04-29 | GNU LibreJSFirst breakout · Best thread | sciurus | 213 | 159 |
| 2019-03-25 | LibreJS | chauhankiran | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-05-13 | GNU LibreJS: blocks JavaScript trapsLatest 20+ point return | AbuAssar | 88 | 56 |
| 2025-09-21 | GNU LibreJSHall induction | pykello | 10 | 0 |