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 orderThis is a really neat article, and I look forward to reading the book. The field of accounting really is a marvelous and, in current times, under-appreciated bedrock of civilization. In the course of certain matters, I have had the opportunity to work with forensic accountants, which is a field I did not know even existed. Basically, when $100 million disappears from a ledger, forensic accountants dive in and figure out what happened. It is incredible the kind of narrative…
There are several saliloquies in the 21st century unfinished novel "The Pale King" by David Foster Wallace that do the accounting profession and its requisite temperament plenty of Justice. E.g., from a character working for the IRS: “I learned that the world of men as it exists today is a bureaucracy. This is an obvious truth, of course, though it is also one the ignorance of which causes great suffering. “But moreover, I discovered, in the only way that a…
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7933746
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
- 234
- Total comments
- 91
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-06-23 | The vanished grandeur of accountingFirst breakout · Best thread | chesterfield | 118 | 52 |
| 2015-03-11 | The vanished grandeur of accounting | walterbell | 2 | 2 |
| 2016-07-25 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-07-30 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 3 | 0 |
| 2017-02-20 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-05-25 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2017-08-24 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-01-07 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-07-22 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-12-26 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014)Latest 20+ point return | Tomte | 100 | 37 |
| 2021-02-19 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 1 | 0 |
| 2021-09-08 | The vanished grandeur of accounting (2014) | Tomte | 1 | 0 |