Hacker News with Generative AI: World Records

The World Record for the Shortest Math Article: 2 Words (openculture.com)
In 2004, John Con­way and Alexan­der Soifer, both work­ing on math­e­mat­ics at Prince­ton Uni­ver­si­ty, sub­mit­ted to the Amer­i­can Math­e­mat­i­cal Month­ly what they believed was “a new world record in the num­ber of words in a [math] paper.”
Mathematics, World Records, Humor
3 points by geox 20 days ago | 0 comments
A man who visited every country in the world without boarding a plane (2023) (theguardian.com)
At 34, Torbjørn Pedersen embarked on a seemingly impossible journey that would take 10 years – and involve cerebral malaria and being held up at gunpoint. He reflects on the highs, the lows and the joy of getting married en route
Travel, Adventure, Personal Stories, World Records
139 points by thunderbong 21 days ago | 61 comments
36'000 km range with a simple ESP32? For sure a world record (youtube.com)
Electronics, DIY Projects, World Records
5 points by vaxman 48 days ago | 4 comments
Don't Think, Just Solve (nytimes.com)
Max Park is a longtime speedcubing world record holder — for the 3x3x3 cube, his best official time is 3.13 seconds. Let's show you how he does it.
Speedcubing, Puzzles, World Records, Games
4 points by wslh 75 days ago | 2 comments
Hyperion (Tree) (wikipedia.org)
Hyperion is a coast redwood (Sequoia sempervirens) in California that is the world's tallest known living tree, measured at 116.07 metres (380.8 ft) tall in 2019.[1][3]
Trees, Nature, California, Environmental Science, World Records
28 points by carabiner 85 days ago | 17 comments
The household item turning runners into world record holders (nbcnews.com)
In an eight-day span in February, seven of track and field's historic marks were broken. And it's partly thanks to baking soda.
Sports, Science, World Records
6 points by rurban 90 days ago | 2 comments
The Champion Who Memorized 80 Numbers in 13.5 Seconds (nytimes.com)
In early February, Vishvaa Rajakumar, a 20-year-old Indian college student, won the Memory League World Championship, an online competition pitting people against one another with challenges like memorizing the order of 80 random numbers faster than most people can tie a shoelace.
Memory, Competitions, World Records
29 points by wallflower 106 days ago | 18 comments
Seagate smashes largest HDD world record with 36TB hard drive (techradar.com)
Hardware, Storage, Data Storage, World Records
25 points by airhangerf15 137 days ago | 11 comments
Canadian is the new world champion of spreadsheets (cbc.ca)
Toronto-based financial modelling director Michael Jarman, centre, wins the Microsoft Excel World Championships in Las Vegas on Dec. 4. 2024. (Financial Modeling World Cup/YouTube)
Canada, Microsoft Excel, Competitions, World Records
9 points by cloudedcordial 178 days ago | 1 comments
Elon Musk Apparently Just Became the No. 1 'Diablo 4' Player in the World (forbes.com)
The mystery of how Elon Musk has so much time to become a world-ranked Diablo 4 player continues, and despite his recent appointment to run the Department of Government Efficiency by Donald Trump, he is demonstrating that efficiency in the form of speed clearing Pit 150 in Diablo 4. It appears he also may have just set a world record, becoming the #1 player in the game. Seriously.
Video Games, Elon Musk, Diablo 4, World Records
10 points by vasco 197 days ago | 0 comments
No One Knows How Big Pumpkins Can Get (theatlantic.com)
A decade ago, the world’s heaviest pumpkin weighed 2,000 pounds. Now the 3,000-pound mark is within sight.
Agriculture, World Records, Gardening
9 points by paulpauper 224 days ago | 1 comments
Gamer Sets World Record by Hooking Up 444 Consoles to 1 TV (cnet.com)
Gaming, World Records, Technology, Video Games
14 points by taubek 295 days ago | 1 comments
Is a 'slow' swimming pool impeding world records? (yahoo.com)
Swimming, Sports, World Records
174 points by phkx 312 days ago | 329 comments