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 orderI assume that this is actually a cynical guide to how your laziness as an employee is harming the war effort and not an actual field manual, right? It has to be. The section where my mind was changed from "maybe this is actually a strategy" to "this is just a passive-aggressive list of grievances against anonymous subordinates" was all the machine shop sabotage suggestions. Nobody read the employee handbook when it said "sharpen your tools, store them properly, don't…
I love the part on organizations & conferences. Seems like I have worked with many agents in the past: (1) Insist on doing everything through "channels." Never permit short-cuts to be taken in order to expedite decisions (5) When possible, refer all matters to ' committees, for "further study and consideration." Attempt to make the committees as large as possible - never less than five. I guess Dilbert might be working with the CIA after all.
There's another great manual they dropped over Nicaragua to instruct people on how to take down the state. Comes with helpful illustrations and everything! http://www.picassodreams.com/picasso_dreams/2006/06/cia_sabo...
Loved the tips on how to sabotage organizations in ways I've had personal experience with. Examples: - Make "speeches." Talk as frequently as possible and at great length. Illustrate your "points" by long anecdotes and accounts of personal experiences. - Insist on perfect work in relatively unimportant products.
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
- 3
- Total points
- 516
- Total comments
- 191
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-11-26 | Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944)First breakout | EiZei | 182 | 67 |
| 2014-03-16 | Simple Sabotage Field Manual | cjcenizal | 4 | 0 |
| 2015-05-28 | CIA Manual from 1944 on how to troll (Page 28) [pdf] | inglor | 2 | 1 |
| 2016-02-18 | Timeless Tips for 'Simple Sabotage' [pdf] | ndz | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-08-27 | Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944) [pdf] | soroso | 133 | 32 |
| 2019-10-01 | 1944 CIA Simple Sabotage Manual [pdf] | bryanmgreen | 6 | 2 |
| 2020-02-13 | Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944) [pdf]Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | Anon84 | 187 | 89 |