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 orderDepending on how you look at it, I either own 20,000 plus five things, or just two plus five things. I'm exaggerating, but I've got a core point: There are two things that I spend a LOT of time on and get a lot of enjoyment from: * cooking * wood and metalworking I've got two meticulously organized sets of things that reflect that: * a great kitchen with all sorts of implements, frozen stocks, a hundred spices, etc. *…
"How do you protect yourself from these people? It can't be easy. I'm a fairly skeptical person, and their tricks worked on me well into my thirties." It's much easier to never get in the habit of buying things in the first place. I remember two particular childhood events that dramatically shaped my consumption habits: In the first, I was 4 years old and in the toy section of Spag's (a discount warehouse near Worcester), and really wanted a new…
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
- 235
- Total comments
- 187
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007-07-31 | Stuff - Paul GrahamFirst breakout | samb | 105 | 92 |
| 2013-01-15 | Stuff (2007)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | gatsby | 127 | 94 |
| 2016-01-31 | Stuff (2007) | shin_lao | 1 | 0 |
| 2022-11-14 | Stuff (2007) | dehrmann | 2 | 1 |