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The article, actually a single Q&A, is dated Sep 2007.

Causality1 5y ago
To the best of my knowledge time-independent articles don't need a date stamp. I never see one on Wikipedia articles even if the last edit was years ago.
- IgorPartola 5y ago
  I am old enough to remember when naked Wikipedia articles were discouraged (or maybe even disallowed) on HN.
- zihotki 5y ago
  My comment was only in regards with adding the date to the headline.
jeffbee 5y ago
I don't know how this one made it, but if there's an Analog Dialogue article on the front page of HN weekly for the next five years it will still barely scratch the surface of all the treasure that's buried in that archive.
- JamesBryant 5y ago
  You can find all the RAQ (Rarely Asked Questions) at:- https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/raqs/raq-issue-xxx.html https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/raqs/raq-issue-xxx... Where xxx (or xx or x - no leading zeros) is the number. Highest is presently 190. I wrote all the first ones, then I shared slots, and after I retired I just wrote the occasional one.
  - OnlyOneCannolo 5y ago
    I binge-read the RAQs a few months ago. So much great information. Thank you! I also appreciated the consistent URL scheme because it let me easily scrape all the PDFs to read them offline. The one bummer is that the links at the end of the PDF versions seem to be broken now.
- zihotki 5y ago
  And that's only the AD, if we add old articles for the last century from other sources, the HN will be flooded over. But would be they news?
  - segfaultbuserr 5y ago
    > if we add old articles for the last century from other sources, the HN will be flooded over. HN has been doing it for... I think a decade already? The situation so far looks good to me. * “Corn-Pone Opinions” by Mark Twain (1901) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10822133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10822133 127 points, 56 comments * Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19968114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19968114 798 points, 147 comments * G.K. Chesterton: The fallacy of success (1909) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6512288 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6512288 198 points, 97 comments * The Basic Problem of Democracy (1919) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21893486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21893486 206 points, 189 comments * Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14418877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14418877 866 points, 316 comments * Why I Never Hire Brilliant Men (1924) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437643 387 points, 264 comments * War Is a Racket (1933) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22012255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22012255 336 points, 181 comments * A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) [pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23035107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23035107 197 points, 39 comments * Claude Shannon Demonstrates Machine Learning (1952) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25919006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25919006 209 points, 51 comments * Three-dimensional model of electricity consumption in Manchester (1954) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25959571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25959571 135 points, 31 comments * Kurt Gödel's Letter to John von Neumann (1956) [pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19281633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19281633 183 points, 85 comments * An Algebraic Language for the Manipulation of Symbolic Expressions (1958) [pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14885779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14885779 171 points, 12 comments * America's Cult of Ignorance (1980) [pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14778856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14778856 169 points, 113 comments * How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24741029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24741029 384 points, 390 comments * Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22977448 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22977448 288 points, 354 comments * Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611 273 points, 229 comments

To the best of my knowledge time-independent articles don't need a date stamp. I never see one on Wikipedia articles even if the last edit was years ago.

IgorPartola 5y ago
I am old enough to remember when naked Wikipedia articles were discouraged (or maybe even disallowed) on HN.
zihotki 5y ago
My comment was only in regards with adding the date to the headline.

jeffbee 5y ago

I don't know how this one made it, but if there's an Analog Dialogue article on the front page of HN weekly for the next five years it will still barely scratch the surface of all the treasure that's buried in that archive.

JamesBryant 5y ago
You can find all the RAQ (Rarely Asked Questions) at:- https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/raqs/raq-issue-xxx.html https://www.analog.com/en/analog-dialogue/raqs/raq-issue-xxx... Where xxx (or xx or x - no leading zeros) is the number. Highest is presently 190. I wrote all the first ones, then I shared slots, and after I retired I just wrote the occasional one.
- OnlyOneCannolo 5y ago
  I binge-read the RAQs a few months ago. So much great information. Thank you! I also appreciated the consistent URL scheme because it let me easily scrape all the PDFs to read them offline. The one bummer is that the links at the end of the PDF versions seem to be broken now.
zihotki 5y ago
And that's only the AD, if we add old articles for the last century from other sources, the HN will be flooded over. But would be they news?
- segfaultbuserr 5y ago
  > if we add old articles for the last century from other sources, the HN will be flooded over. HN has been doing it for... I think a decade already? The situation so far looks good to me. * “Corn-Pone Opinions” by Mark Twain (1901) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10822133 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10822133 127 points, 56 comments * Five Hundred and Seven Mechanical Movements (1908) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19968114 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19968114 798 points, 147 comments * G.K. Chesterton: The fallacy of success (1909) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6512288 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6512288 198 points, 97 comments * The Basic Problem of Democracy (1919) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21893486 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21893486 206 points, 189 comments * Why I Quit Being So Accommodating (1922) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14418877 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14418877 866 points, 316 comments * Why I Never Hire Brilliant Men (1924) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437643 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7437643 387 points, 264 comments * War Is a Racket (1933) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22012255 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22012255 336 points, 181 comments * A Mathematical Theory of Communication (1948) [pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23035107 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23035107 197 points, 39 comments * Claude Shannon Demonstrates Machine Learning (1952) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25919006 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25919006 209 points, 51 comments * Three-dimensional model of electricity consumption in Manchester (1954) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25959571 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25959571 135 points, 31 comments * Kurt Gödel's Letter to John von Neumann (1956) [pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19281633 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19281633 183 points, 85 comments * An Algebraic Language for the Manipulation of Symbolic Expressions (1958) [pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14885779 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14885779 171 points, 12 comments * America's Cult of Ignorance (1980) [pdf] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14778856 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14778856 169 points, 113 comments * How does a gas pump know to shut itself off? (1981) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24741029 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24741029 384 points, 390 comments * Will cable TV be invaded by commercials? (1981) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22977448 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22977448 288 points, 354 comments * Have You Ever Tried to Sell a Diamond? (1982) https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4535611 273 points, 229 comments