17 Jun
2026
17 Jun
'26
11:45 a.m.
On 6/17/26 08:09, Peter Coghlan via cctalk wrote:
Somebody wrote:
HN = Hacker News, an online forum where someone posts a link to some
recent news and members comment on it. There is a huge overlap between
HN and the older Slashdot. HN was created by Paul Graham mostly for
people participating in his Y Combinator startup thing (hence the URL)
and naturally has more posts about technical subjects and venture capital.
https://news.ycombinator.com/news
-- Jecel
Some people think
StackOverflow, Twitter and HN and the rest are the only true source of
truth and if the echo chamber says it, it has to be true.
What's HN?
If I haven't heard of it, does that mean its dead?
Or does it mean I'm dead?