Why “year” is being discussed
The most recent Hacker News stories and comments contributing to this topic's mentions.
Last year I went to a steam show and had to share the street with giant steam tractors for the first time. That law suddenly made sense. The visibility and stopping distance are…
by Breza · Oct 16, 2026
I believe one of the alarm clocks I have owned around the turn of the century could display 23:59:60 and understood leap seconds. However that's a radio alarm clock which also k…
by tialaramex · Oct 16, 2026
Heh, geez luise. I didn't realize I would have to prove my bona fides. If you cared that much, you could traverse my post history to see otherwise. Hell, I shorted TSLA this yea…
by iugtmkbdfil834 · Oct 16, 2026
No contraception before the '60. A couple could have sex once a year and still produce lots of babies.
by M95D · Oct 16, 2026
They may well be lying but that ( "JB Straubel married in 2013" ) isn't remotely a sound argument against the "JB Straubel is my father" claim. Straubel, in the year 2000 at the…
by defrost · Oct 16, 2026
If all you want is the one mesasurenr, no reason to use HealthKit. If you want to graph resting heart rate against steps per week over a year or two, that’s when HealthKit adds…
by brookst · Oct 16, 2026
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Proportion of Hacker News items mentioning "year" over time.
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Total number of Hacker News items mentioning "year" over time.
A year is a unit of time based on how long it takes the Earth to orbit the Sun. In scientific use, the tropical year and the sidereal year are more exact. The modern calendar year, as reckoned according to the Gregorian calendar, approximates the tropical year by using a system of leap years. Read more on Wikipedia