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.
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HN comment orderInterestingly, I find my favourite nitpick: Ockam's razor. The article quotes it as "The simplest solution is usually the correct one". This is a common misinterpretation of it and it's interesting that the quote links to the wikipedia page that has a better statement: "Among competing hypotheses, the one with the fewest assumptions should be selected." The key problem is equating simplicity with correctness. This is usually disastrous. Once you feel that something is "correct" you stop looking for ways…
Two similar lists: Kent Beck's: https://www.facebook.com/notes/kent-beck/a-searching-and-fea... Another one: https://www.defmacro.org/2016/12/22/models.html
This is probably the single most useful post that I have ever seen.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12040707
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
- 1297
- Total comments
- 226
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-07-06 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly UsefulFirst breakout · Best thread | orph | 929 | 189 |
| 2016-08-05 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful | fitzwatermellow | 14 | 1 |
| 2016-11-01 | Mental models I find repeatedly useful | noescape | 4 | 0 |
| 2016-12-05 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful – Medium | colinprince | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-01-12 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful | acdanger | 1 | 0 |
| 2017-02-22 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful | mithunmanohar | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-02-27 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful | rishabhd | 2 | 0 |
| 2018-01-24 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful | shahocean | 20 | 1 |
| 2018-07-28 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful | rmason | 4 | 1 |
| 2018-12-25 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful (2016)Hall induction · Latest 20+ point return | febin | 315 | 34 |
| 2022-04-17 | Mental Models I Find Repeatedly Useful | takiwatanga | 3 | 0 |