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Less Popular Than Coal

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  • Points7
  • Comments1
–Rank now
#24Peak rank
2Days on list
13Score · 7d
Nov 4, 2026First seen
Rank · 7 days

On Hacker News

Points
7
Comments
1
Submitted by
_delirium
Posted
Nov 4, 2026
Site
argmin.net

Story details from Hacker News ↗ · linked article on argmin.net.

Trending history

Less Popular Than Coal was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Nov 4, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 4 checks on 2 different days. Its best position was #24 of 30, reached on Nov 5, 00:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Nov 5, 00:07 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 22:5223:1823:4400:1100:37 Nov 4, 23:22 UTC · #29Nov 4, 23:37 UTC · #26Nov 4, 23:52 UTC · #25Nov 5, 00:07 UTC · #24

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

Oct 26today

Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

0112132 22:5223:1823:4400:1100:37 Nov 4, 23:22 UTC · 5Nov 4, 23:37 UTC · 14Nov 4, 23:52 UTC · 22Nov 5, 00:07 UTC · 32

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

It is obvious that is about fight for resources and supremacy between humans and the machine where the machine is also the capital that seeks the discount for human labor. How can the competition between capital and labor be resolved when capital has found a replacement for labor and competing for resources to serve…

Questions

Is Less Popular Than Coal trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Nov 5, 00:07 UTC, after 2 days of trending.

What is the highest rank Less Popular Than Coal reached?

#24 on Hacker News · Front page, on Nov 5, 00:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has Less Popular Than Coal been trending?

It was first seen on Nov 4, 2026 and has been on the list on 2 days (4 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

7 points and 1 comment; submitted by _delirium on Nov 4, 2026.