Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine by Danny Hillis
Shares rank 37 of 60 articles by recommenders
People recommend it as a great read about Feynman's time with Thinking Machines and the Connection Machine, worth re-reading and very quotable.
People recommend it as a great read about Feynman's time with Thinking Machines and the Connection Machine, worth re-reading and very quotable.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
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Why people recommend it
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Great read on Feynman's work
“this article about his time with, and contributions to, Thinking Machines and the Connection Machine is a great read!”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “The Connection Machine CM-1 "Feynman" T-shirt” “this article about his time with, and contributions to, Thinking Machines and the Connection Machine is a great read”
Comment from 3 Feb 2026 in “The Connection Machine CM-1 "Feynman" T-shirt” Worth reading and re-reading
“An amazing article super worth reading (and re-reading if it's been a while) and almost infinitely quotable.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail” Highly quotable passages
“An amazing article super worth reading (and re-reading if it's been a while) and almost infinitely quotable.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail” Seen as a gem
“What a gem of an article.”
Comment from 15 Jul 2026 in “Jurassic Park computers in excruciating detail”
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The four most recommended other articles, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
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| Programming as Theory Buildingby Peter Naur | 32 | 0 | 100% | 7 | — | Approved |
| Ur-Fascismby Umberto Eco | 18 | 2 | 90% | 8 | — | Approved |
| Politics and the English Languageby George Orwell | 14 | 0 | 100% | 5 | — | Approved |
| The Grug Brained Developer by Carson Gross | 13 | 1 | 93% | 9 | — | Approved |
| Richard Feynman and the Connection Machine by Danny HillisThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
4 of the 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“What a gem of an article.”
“An amazing article super worth reading (and re-reading if it's been a while) and almost infinitely quotable.”
“this article about his time with, and contributions to, Thinking Machines and the Connection Machine is a great read!”
“this article about his time with, and contributions to, Thinking Machines and the Connection Machine is a great read”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.