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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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I'll have to add some of these to my list of quotes that emacs greets me with. Current list: (defvar scratch-quotes (list "Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the mouth. - Mike Tyson" "Look, I made a hat...where there never was a hat. - Finishing the hat, Sondheim" "Just fucking figure it out." "The universe is not here to please you. - Charles Murtaugh" "Your life is your life. The gods await to delight in you. -…
This quote, followed by google, followed by this video http://www.nfl.com/videos/nfl-videos/0ap2000000146968/Garo-Y..., made my night. "Many big people were chasing me. I didn't know what to do. So I thought I would surprise them and throw it." - Garo Yepremian, Miami placekicker, after a disastrous attempt to throw a pass in the Super Bowl.
So what I want to know is who the heck is Tara Ploughman? Google finds lots of hits, but they're all quotes (and mostly referring to pg's page of quotes). I think maybe pg made up this clever character.
Tara Ploughman ~ http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=554889
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HN stats
- Breakout years
- 2
- Total points
- 385
- Total comments
- 160
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008-04-26 | Quotes | rms | 5 | 4 |
| 2011-11-09 | Quotes | progga | 2 | 1 |
| 2014-12-26 | Great QuotesFirst breakout | jeremynixon | 147 | 73 |
| 2017-05-11 | QuotesBest thread · Latest 20+ point return | drdre2001 | 225 | 82 |
| 2019-01-03 | Quotes (collected by Paul Graham) | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-06-26 | Quotes Curated by Paul Graham | neilkakkar | 3 | 0 |
| 2022-06-05 | Quotes | jger15 | 2 | 0 |