Ask HN: How did you discover Hacker News?

5 points | by chistev 7 hours ago

8 comments

  • dang 2 hours ago
    Through pg's essays, which I discovered via a Joel Spolsky blog post. Perhaps this one: https://www.joelonsoftware.com/2004/06/13/how-microsoft-lost...
    • chistev 2 hours ago
      Man, you've been here since the beginning!
  • ColinWright 7 hours ago
    I drew a graph of connections between Paul Graham essays, and coloured them via a PageRank-style weighting algorithm. I emailed it to PG, and he suggested I post it here.
  • CobaltFire 2 hours ago
    Coworker about 10 years ago. Took me a few years to register an account.
  • rationalist 3 hours ago
    It was so long ago (with a different account), that I don't remember.
  • m-hodges 3 hours ago
    Saw I post on /r/programming in 2011.
  • shanewei 7 hours ago
    Recommended by Codex
  • verdverm 6 hours ago
    College roommate 17 years ago while doing NSF summer research, I am eternally grateful Eric!
  • andrewmcwatters 1 hour ago
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