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how did they make it so fast? I'm always surprised by its loading speed
It probably also helps that the html/css/js is minimal
Hacker news was originally written by Paul Graham in Arc. Arc is a Lisp-inspired programming language also written/invented by PG at the same time and Hacker News programmed in it to (also) prove it works. Arc did not catch on outside of Hacker News. Arc is free and open source. Regarding Hacker News, itself: "Ask PG: Why don’t you open source HN? (2013): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5006037 PG's response is:…
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I use https://github.com/weiran/Hackers because it’s nice to read on, but then to comment I have to use the site, so yea lol If there was a dark mode on the site I’d just use that
Octal lets you comment from the app, if that’s something you are missing.
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Pagination. I'm sure most people don't know that you can click on "More replies" at the bottom of the page to read more comments. At least I didn't know at first and spent many years reading only the first page. Edit: It's actually "More" not "More replies".
I have never understood this. On websites, paginators are always at the end of pages. This one is there and it clearly says what it does. How can someone miss it?
People don't usually reach the bottom of the first page when they go through comments, because the first page is quite big, so they never have to see the pagination (though they do need to know it's not the complete view).
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> that’s why we’re stuck with the broken thing I've been using HN for 10+ years but I don't think I've ever found anything that was broken. What are you referring to exactly?
> for the iOS app
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It's still missing modern privacy features, such as the "right to be forgotten".
Right to be forgotten is an old EU law, the new GDPR law is 'right to erasure' In the event you don't feel like deleting your own comments the mods will likely help you. A general best practice is to avoid posting personally identifiable information.
how did they make it so fast? I'm always surprised by its loading speed
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really? like what? I like hn precisely because of its minimalistic approach.
Option to set colours for more than just the top bar and … that’s about it
* {
color: #F3F1A1 !important;
background-color: #000 !important;
}
body > center > table > tbody > tr:first-child * {
background-color: #073642 !important;
}
body > center > table > tbody > tr:first-child * a:hover {
background: #002b36 !important;
}
code, pre, input, textarea {
background: #073642 !important;
}
a, .pagetop, .hnname a:visited, .rank, .athing {
color: #b58900 !important;
}
.commtext {
font-size: 125%;
}
.title {
font-size: 112%;
}
.subtext {
font-size:75%;
}
.subtext *, .sitebit, .sitestr, .subtext:nth-child(2) {
color: #9e7800 !important;
}
a:visited, a:visited span {
color: #717600 !important;
}
a:hover, a:hover span {
background: #073642 !important;
}
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Right to be forgotten is an old EU law, the new GDPR law is 'right to erasure' In the event you don't feel like deleting your own comments the mods will likely help you. A general best practice is to avoid posting personally identifiable information.
You can’t delete your comments after 2 hours.
By default, it's an important part of HN that comments stay up, unless they will cause problems for the poster. PG explained why, many years ago:
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a lot of people complain about the font size, for instance.
A strange thing to complain about, given browsers can override with user settings, if not user plugins.
Ignoring modern web typography standards and keeping the default font size, line spacing and contrast such that it's uncomfortable for many people to read is an anti-feature. Particularly given the only reason it is the way it is is that pg didn't consider it worth caring about.