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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.
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HN comment orderI recently read the new Gödel biography Journey to the Edge of Reason: The Life of Kurt Gödel and it was pretty clear that Von Neumann played a key role in getting Gödel out of Austria just prior to WWII. Gödel had been a visiting lecturer at the IAS at Princeton off and on in the 30s but probably due to his mental illness he would go back to Austria often with little notice - which didn't put him in…
I’m curious, since I never studied maths past A level. Is there a difference to the way it’s taught now compared to whenever von Neumann was studying. What I mean is, the way I was taught maths and science in general was with a feeling of “look we basically know everything just learn this and you’ll be fine”. Rather than that there are MASSIVE open questions and things we don’t understand at all. Please learn maths and physics and fix…
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
- 506
- Total comments
- 305
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-05-13 | What John von Neumann Did at Los Alamos | paulpauper | 3 | 0 |
| 2021-09-27 | What John von Neumann Did at Los AlamosFirst breakout · Best thread | paulpauper | 261 | 151 |
| 2024-04-07 | What John von Neumann did at Los Alamos (2020)Latest 20+ point return | fanf2 | 242 | 154 |