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 orderI've found that the most underrated problem solving tool is simply typing out my thought process. I used to be the type who asked a lot of questions until I realized that formulating the question was often more important than getting the answer.
Does anybody know of something similar, but written in a more elaborate book-like fashion? It's not about format, of course, it's just that all these model-zoo's are only half of the story — not useless, but rather incomplete. That is, if you learn a lot of them, one day you might remember something and find it useful — or you might not. This is a bit abstract, but I want to say you rarely ever need any special tools of…
I see that the author, Adam Amran, also maintains a list of books: https://www.amran.cz/reading/ Adam, if you will be happening to read this: Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths' Algorithms to Live by: The Computer Science of Human Decisions is relevant and unmissable.
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
- 2013
- Total comments
- 208
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-05-28 | Tools for Better ThinkingFirst breakout · Best thread | mmoez | 1092 | 135 |
| 2022-05-03 | Untools: Tools for Better Thinking | DerekBickerton | 2 | 0 |
| 2022-05-19 | Untools: Tools for Better Thinking | memorable | 4 | 0 |
| 2022-06-06 | Tools for Better Thinking | andsoitis | 855 | 72 |
| 2024-06-08 | Tools for Better ThinkingHall induction · Latest 20+ point return | jaynpatel | 60 | 1 |