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 orderI've added a counter (of successful commands in a row) to my bashrc. I've seen it as high as 120. function promptCommand() { LAST_STATUS=$? # Set title of window to dir, then add new line to prompt. PS1='\[\e]0;\w\a\]\n' if [ $LAST_STATUS -eq 0 ]; then ((successes++)) PS1+='\[\033[1;32m\][$successes]' else successes=0 PS1+='\[\033[1;31m\][0 $LAST_STATUS]' fi PS1+='\[\033[0;32m\] ' PS1+='\w $(date +%H:%M) \$ \[\033[0m\]' } lastStatus=0 successes=-1 PROMPT_COMMAND="promptCommand" My prompt: [0] /home/bar/g3 14:19 $…
> Perhaps rm -rf / should be replaced with something with more verbose flags set. That way, when you run a bad command, you are told immediately that things are being deleted This gives me an idea: Hell Linux. In Hell Linux, the operating system does its best to pretend that nothing is wrong, so it takes you as long as possible to realize that you've made a mistake. Commands ignore all unrecognized flags. In shell scripts, if one branch…
Somewhat reminds me of the vigil eso-language (https://github.com/munificent/vigil) It's a programming language that helps you write error-free programs, by self-correcting itself. If it finds an error (exception), it simply deletes the offending code until the program runs without an error.
"When there is error, we blame humans. But it is not humans who are stupid, it's the machines. We should design machines to minimize error. Humans are bad at precision so why demand it?" -- Don Norman, Design of Everyday Things
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
- 4
- Total points
- 636
- Total comments
- 426
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010-02-18 | Suicide Linux, a virtual tightrope | ak86 | 3 | 0 |
| 2012-08-16 | Suicide Linux: Where typos do rm -rf / | makmanalp | 5 | 1 |
| 2013-01-22 | Suicide Linux | tnorthcutt | 11 | 0 |
| 2015-04-18 | Suicide Linux (2011)First breakout | josephmx | 71 | 55 |
| 2016-10-19 | Suicide Linux | bemmu | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-10-26 | Suicide LinuxHall induction · Best thread | cgtyoder | 272 | 131 |
| 2020-10-01 | Suicide Linux (2009) | ciarannolan | 147 | 170 |
| 2024-10-05 | Suicide Linux | OuterVale | 3 | 1 |
| 2025-01-14 | Suicide Linux: Package that wipes your drive if you commit a syntax error | gaws | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-02-16 | Suicide Linux (2009)Latest 20+ point return | icwtyjj | 116 | 68 |
