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 order"Despite near-constant headlines about the prevalence of sleep problems, Ekirch has previously argued that, in some ways, the 21st Century is a golden age for sleep – a time when most of us no longer have to worry about being murdered in our beds, freezing to death, or flicking off lice, when we can slumber without pain, the threat of fire, or having strangers snuggled up next to us." What a wonderful time we live in!
I do that a lot these days. I went to bed around 8:30pm, woke at 4am... It's 6:50 now and I've done a lot of work! It's nice, quiet, I just really crack on. I'm waiting for 8am, then feed + walk the dogs, then I'll go back to bed for 1h or a bit more (tops), and it'll still be early when I wake up again. Most of my colleagues will show up around 10 with bleary eyes while…
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
- 467
- Total comments
- 323
100+ points or 50+ comments
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Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-01-10 | The medieval habit of 'two sleeps' | version_five | 4 | 0 |
| 2022-01-11 | The medieval habit of ‘two sleeps’First breakout · Best thread | shrumm | 348 | 245 |
| 2024-02-02 | The medieval habit of 'two sleeps' (2022)Latest 20+ point return | arctic_relegate | 106 | 78 |
| 2026-02-06 | The medieval habit of 'two sleeps' | svggrfgovgf | 5 | 0 |
| 2026-04-28 | The medieval habit of 'two sleeps'Hall induction | smusamashah | 4 | 0 |