Why “prizes” is being discussed
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Two out of 122 Prizes in literature. Punching quite above its weight!
by gottorf · Oct 8, 2026
Show HN: Nobel Prizes explained six ways, with a public fix log
by swapnil-tamse · Oct 8, 2026 · 3 points
I try to understand what's the criterion, and inferred novelty since the other Nobel prizes seem to be awarded for some novel contributions. As I said, just trying to understand…
by vlaaad · Oct 8, 2026
So for context my beef with them is that they didn't try. I think you're being very "hand wavey" about why JS isn't a good host language, just as they were. If the argument is t…
by conartist6 · Oct 8, 2026
> Even with the most charitable read we're talking about a situation where the message was "lets not break the power of Europe" and they couldn't sell it to Europe. That feels l…
by pjc50 · Oct 8, 2026
> A student of Franklin, Raymond Gosling, actually took Photo 51. He was not awarded the Prize Yes, how many students get Nobel prizes for the work of their graduate advisor tha…
by bonsai_spool · Oct 7, 2026
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