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.
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HN comment orderYKK epitomizes why Japan, despite the recent decline, continues to be a major economy: manufacturing giants that continue to serve as the backbone of the global economy. Another example is FANUC [1], a manufacturing device maker headquartered in Yamanashi, Japan's equivalent of Idaho (i.e., there are people there, and I'm sure it's nice to live, but few travel there for vacation). There are countless such examples: Minebea [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minebea has 60% market share for miniature bearings (ex…
"YKK isn’t the kind of brand that markets to consumers. (Or seeks any kind of publicity: They declined to speak to me for this story.) You don’t buy your jeans and jackets by looking for their letters on that pull. Likewise, you almost certainly wouldn’t nix a garment purchase because the zipper isn’t YKK." I guess I'm an exception here. If I want to wear a garment more than a few times I always check to make sure the zippers…
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
- 299
- Total comments
- 117
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2012-05-01 | YKK zippers: Why so many designers use them. | aarghh | 4 | 0 |
| 2014-11-25 | Why YKK? The Japanese company behind the world’s best zippersFirst breakout | curtis | 137 | 57 |
| 2015-06-10 | Why YKK? | bootload | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-09-10 | Why YKK? | Tomte | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-04-30 | Why Do So Many Zippers Say YKK? (2012)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | Tomte | 155 | 60 |