How Hacker News ranking works: scoring, controversy, and penalties (2013)
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So I have a weatherman, which also tells me the news
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Don't Make Job Referrals Public
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Ask HN: In The Matrix, the bad guys are the 'agents'. Coincidence? Clairvoyance?
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Ask HN: What are you working on? (September 2026)
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Show HN: Hacker News, Without AI
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Hacker News with reduced priority for AI driven content
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Show HN: Hacker News, without AI
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Ask HN: Can we please limit the AI news flood?
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Reverse engineering the 2008 LogiCola, a logic drill program
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Show HN: Jigsaw Haiku
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Show HN: I built an aesthetically pleasing puzzle
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We are rebuilding Monica
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We Are Rebuilding Monica
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GUIs should be fully keyboard-driven
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Show HN: How much of Hacker News is AI?
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HN: The Good Parts (2016)
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How I Under-Engineered My Book
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An update on leaving Gmail for Fastmail
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Humanising LLM Outputs Is Dumb
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Helsinki Hacker News Meetup
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AI-Generated Images Discourage Me from Reading Your Blog
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Parody Hacker News (2013)
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AIs don't do what you want. This is bad
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Show HN: HN Hall of Fame – browse 3,100 legendary Hacker News links
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Thanks HN for 15 years of support and helping me find my life's work
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What's the most popular number in Hacker News titles?
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Qwen 3.6 27B is the sweet spot for local development
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Show HN: Hacker News on a train station-style flip board
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What happened after 2k people tried to hack my AI assistant
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