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 really like these kinds of articles. I would have never noticed most of these details. Enjoyed the carefully thought out icon design: https://typesetinthefuture.files.wordpress.com/2016/06/alien... Cryogenic vault -- the blue triangle pointing down to a stick figure. Photonic system -- has the letter F shaped by what looks like fiber optic channels. Radiation hazard is great too -- a stick figure dead on the ground, with the sickly bright orange color filling the top of the square. Then not all details…
Previous thread from 2016: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11977909
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
- 815
- Total comments
- 163
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-06-25 | Typography of “Alien” (2014)First breakout · Best thread | pareidolia | 502 | 66 |
| 2018-04-21 | Alien | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-04-24 | Typography of “Alien” (2014) | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2019-11-20 | Typography of Alien (2014) | tosh | 3 | 0 |
| 2020-05-29 | Typeset in the Future: Alien (2014) | tosh | 1 | 0 |
| 2020-10-05 | Alien (Typeset in the Future, 2014) | tosh | 2 | 0 |
| 2021-08-12 | Typography in Alien (2014)Latest 20+ point return | tosh | 300 | 97 |
| 2026-05-13 | Alien | tosh | 5 | 0 |