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Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by larrys on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:39AM (#4489298)
And what might that "n" be that lets the last man over the bridge?
Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by sstrudeau on Friday September 07, 2012 @11:30AM (#4489583)
I just checked mine ... 1337 days seems like a good number :)
Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by doktrin on Friday September 07, 2012 @01:00PM (#4490054)
First of all : fantastic age - congrats :)

Secondly, I know your comment was tongue-in-cheek, but that would actually be a very appropriate age cut-off for what strikes me as a remarkably elitist endeavor.

Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by malandrew on Friday September 07, 2012 @12:37PM (#4489930)
I'm at 730 days and I can support 1337 days, so long as I can read. I don't mind waiting just shy of two to be able to comment so long as the comment and post quality is exceptional.

TBH I'm fascinated to know how the community would differ from HN of 4 years ago, since all the older participants would be 4 years more experienced in life and hacking.

Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by wensing on Friday September 07, 2012 @02:47PM (#4490570)
Re: the TBH - exactly. I just might have to try this.
Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by zgembo on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:51AM (#4489370)
Think early TechCrunch. No tech stories, only direct links to products and services are allowed.

http://pivoted.co/

Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by guptaneil on Friday September 07, 2012 @01:44PM (#4490266)
Is this your site? The search page prints PHP code at the top, just so you know.
Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by zgembo on Friday September 07, 2012 @02:48PM (#4490576)
correct. thanks for that, will fix it. have a great weekend!
Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by wensing on Friday September 07, 2012 @11:06AM (#4489450)

  def cutoff():
    return min([leader.age for leader in get_leaders("http://news.ycombinator.com/leaders")]
I leave you to define get_leaders. :)
Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by tommi on Friday September 07, 2012 @01:36PM (#4490229)
Or, as humans would say that, the cutoff could be the youngest of leaders.

However, that really doesn't answer the problem when you don't define what a leader is. If it's the highest amount of Karma past 7 days, then the youngest leader could even be a day old user. Please respond with solutions, not http wrappers.

Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by wensing on Friday September 07, 2012 @02:46PM (#4490567)
If you go to the URL in the code, it defines what a leader is: the 100 people with the highest karma. By define get_leaders I meant write the scraper, not come up with the definition. Heh!
Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by tekacsYC on Friday September 07, 2012 @04:11PM (#4490954)
574 days and it's llambda
Re:A proposal for improving HN : it should cost a user Karma... by gameshot911 on Friday September 07, 2012 @10:47AM (#4489344)
550 days. :)