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 orderSome earlier research on this topic: http://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3365 and http://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3367
I've been trying to think how to express my fascination with this software. The only thing I can think of, is that this piece of ingenuity would never exist in a post apocalyptic future where humans have evolved into exacting machines. This software is, in this sense, a win for humanity.
It's amazing how much of our modern world originated with Bell Labs: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lucent "One source inside Lucent says that the logo is a Zen Buddhist symbol for "eternal truth", the Enso, turned 90 degrees and modified" ...now it's bothering me, how do you tell if a coffee stain has been turned 90 degrees?
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
- 445
- Total comments
- 55
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-11-20 | LaTeX coffee stainsFirst breakout | shard | 154 | 17 |
| 2013-11-04 | LaTex coffee stains | ainla | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-01-08 | LaTeX Coffee Stains (2009)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | gandalfar | 279 | 36 |
| 2020-05-16 | LaTeX Coffee Stains (2012) | FlyMoreRockets | 10 | 2 |