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 think of this as a variant of Postel's law (for TCP/IP): Be conservative in what you do, Be liberal in what you accept from others. Most major belief systems have the same concept of defining "winning at being human" as putting up with more crap and simultaneously taking the effort to overdeliver. As a society, this pulls us upward. On a continuum, there are 3 states: - A negative state, where we take/expect more than we deliver. At best…
The older I get the less wisdom I find in any philosophy that means to teach how we should live and particularly how to avoid pain and unhappiness. The short of it is: nothing is good or bad, but things can be too much or too little. Where the line is depends or circumstances and is different every time. And the correct answer is mostly only available in hindsight if it is at all. Pain is useful. We know physical…
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
- 278
- Total comments
- 143
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-03-01 | How to Be a Stoic (2016)First breakout · Best thread | andrelaszlo | 162 | 79 |
| 2020-06-05 | How to Be a Stoic (2016) | warpech | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-06-16 | How to Be a Stoic (2016)Latest 20+ point return | one2three4 | 115 | 64 |