There's a weird bug with the infinite scroll where the page width and/or column widths randomly change slightly when I hit the bottom of the page every once in a while
Users submit random web pages that pique their interest. Those who are merely scrolling through the “New” page find these submissions intriguing as well, leading them to upvote. These submissions gradually ascend to the top of Hacker News in place of other submissions that are typically more relevant and submitted during weekdays.
I’m a big fan of the Webtender [1]. A super old school website without style sheets. Tons of information, nicely organized, and everything loads super quickly, as it should be!
A drink with bourbon and rye makes no sense imho. A rye is just bourbon with a higher percent of rye and less corn. You might as well call it blending your own whiskey.
Users submit random web pages that pique their interest. Those who are merely scrolling through the “New” page find these submissions intriguing as well, leading them to upvote. These submissions gradually ascend to the top of Hacker News in place of other submissions that are typically more relevant and submitted during weekdays.
Similar, but not quite the same as https://xkcd.com/1053/
In short: somebody thought it was interesting enough to submit, and enough other people voted for it that it got to your attention.
That's it.
If it ends up with 2000 points and sits on the new page for 3 days, I'll be quite surprised, but strange subjects do that.
[1] https://www.webtender.com/
Site seems to be crushed under load
https://archive.is/x180d