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
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I learned a similar lesson in college. My university had a little-known program called the Bachelor of University Studies. Given that you could get a faculty advisor and independent committee to sign off on it, you could patch together your own degree from the courses offered in any of the colleges. The idea was to encourage students to create an inter-disciplinary course. They took care not let anyone who'd just changed majors 10 times to graduate with a BUS. By…
"The pace was intense, and I loved it. Finally, someone was challenging me - keeping me in over my head - encouraging and expecting me to pull myself up, quickly. I was learning so fast, it had the adrenaline of sports or a video game. A two-way game of catch, he tossed every fact back at me and made me prove I got it." That's precisely the fundamentals of France classes préparatoires (or casually prépa): iterate swiftly and efficiently on…
A great story, even if it seems a bit exaggerated. But this is gold: >“the standard pace is for chumps” - ... the system is designed so anyone can keep up. If you're more driven than “just anyone” - you can do so much more than anyone expects. And this applies to ALL of life - not just school.
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
- 1239
- Total comments
- 284
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-12-01 | There's no speed limit. (The lessons that changed my life.)First breakout | icey | 386 | 60 |
| 2011-07-15 | There's no speed limit (2009) | chintanp | 118 | 25 |
| 2012-03-27 | There's no speed limit (2009)Best thread | tnorthcutt | 699 | 194 |
| 2016-06-20 | There Is No Speed Limit (2009)Latest 20+ point return | keiferski | 20 | 2 |
| 2016-11-18 | The lessons that changed my life.Hall induction | siddg | 12 | 3 |
| 2017-12-03 | There’s no speed limit | generichuman | 3 | 0 |
| 2018-07-25 | There is no speed limit (2009) | tosh | 1 | 0 |