Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#1

Post by _6cj7 » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:08 PM UTC

There are bunch of informative/interesting comments on HN. Throwing here just few of them:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14327829

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12941574

Which HN comment(s) are among your favorite ones? Which ones have created value for you?

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#2

Post by soneca » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:13 PM UTC

Related, I am learning to code and in the process I built this simple website that randomly shows the most upvoted HN comments:

http://www.opusnota.com/hnbc

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#3

Post by jmstfv » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:22 PM UTC

soneca wrote: post #2

Related, I am learning to code and in the process I built this simple website that randomly shows the most upvoted HN comments: http://www.opusnota.com/hnbc

How do you fetch comment scores?

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#4

Post by Tomte » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:22 PM UTC

Graphs of the memory hierarchy: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4048204

What's bayesian and frequentist statistics: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4741146

Again: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=384399

DSA math: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6195606

Automotive development: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10496625

QNX and message passing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9872640

Path through InfoSec: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11710028

What does performance in Erlang mean: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6359493

Emacs and C/C++: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8617300

Money and self-publishing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8373185

Kerbal Space Program: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12640451

Bush v. Gore: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12187666

Teaching a class: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=818367

Precedence climbing: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13915458

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#5

Post by minimaxir » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:22 PM UTC

soneca wrote: post #2

Related, I am learning to code and in the process I built this simple website that randomly shows the most upvoted HN comments: http://www.opusnota.com/hnbc

HN comment scores are not public, so I am unsure how you find the "most upvoted comments"

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#6

Post by olalonde » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:33 PM UTC

Best HN comeback: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#7

Post by RodericDay » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:36 PM UTC

minimaxir wrote: post #5

soneca wrote: post #2

Related, I am learning to code and in the process I built this simple website that randomly shows the most upvoted HN comments: http://www.opusnota.com/hnbc

HN comment scores are not public, so I am unsure how you find the "most upvoted comments"

top of every story probably

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#8

Post by koolba » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:39 PM UTC

olalonde wrote: post #6

Best HN comeback: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35079

That's a classic. The second reply as well.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#9

Post by minimaxir » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:42 PM UTC

RodericDay wrote: post #7

minimaxir wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

HN comment scores are not public, so I am unsure how you find the "most upvoted comments"

top of every story probably

That is a very bad metric because comment rankings are a function of score and time.

Re: Ask HN: Favorite HN comment(s)

#10

Post by wallflower » Mon, May 22, 2017, 7:45 PM UTC

Failure by fiaz

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=121413