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 orderYou've got to love this tale: > While performing a conjuring trick for the amusement of his children in 1843 Brunel accidentally inhaled a half-sovereign coin, which became lodged in his windpipe. A special pair of forceps failed to remove it, as did a machine devised by Brunel to shake it loose. At the suggestion of his father, Brunel was strapped to a board and turned upside-down, and the coin was jerked free. It feels like the hacker spirit -…
Brunel is one of my heroes. I was born in Bristol and he was a large part of the city's heritage and featured in the school curriculum. I have an early memory of standing on the edge of the Avon watching the SS Great Britain come under the suspension bridge into the Cumberland Basin in around 1970. Funnily enough, I visited the ship again just the other weekend for the first time in about 30 years. It is only apparent…
Dude even tried his own hyperloop: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isambard_Kingdom_Brunel#Brunel...
I like his signature.
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
- 325
- Total comments
- 164
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-13 | Isambard Kingdom BrunelFirst breakout | rexreed | 103 | 25 |
| 2015-11-16 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | benologist | 52 | 17 |
| 2017-03-11 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel | Oatseller | 2 | 1 |
| 2019-01-04 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel – “one of the most ingenious and prolific engineers” | stefap2 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019-07-05 | Isambard Kingdom Brunel: An Engineering Giant | gekkostate | 2 | 0 |
| 2023-10-10 | Isambard Kingdom BrunelHall induction · Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | _Microft | 165 | 120 |