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 orderVeritasium published a great video on the topic. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZMQbHMgK2rw
What I'm struck by are the parallels to problems currently being "solved" with machine learning. Engineers can build tiny robots who can navigate a maze dozens of times faster than a real mouse with far fewer errors and a perfect memory! Now, take that fact and start raising money off the claim that you can soon replace all mice and potentially rats too with robots in the next five years. These rodents will have no disease, require no food, produce…
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
- 281
- Total comments
- 72
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-05-17 | Micromouse | GuiA | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-12-25 | MicromouseFirst breakout | caiobegotti | 131 | 35 |
| 2019-05-25 | Micromouse | turrini | 1 | 0 |
| 2023-05-26 | Micromouse | unwind | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-06-06 | Micromouse | prawn | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-06-09 | Micromouse | EndXA | 4 | 0 |
| 2024-07-24 | MicromouseBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | EndXA | 136 | 37 |