"Did you win the Putnam? If not, then don't be bolder than this guy." "Yes, I did." https://smackernews.com/item/35079 HN

A parody of being a startup founder: https://smackernews.com/item/4166183 HN

bdunn on justifying your costs as a freelancer: https://smackernews.com/item/8705179 HN

patio11 and the Fair Credit Reporting Act: https://smackernews.com/item/7135833 HN

spolsky on detecting toxic customers: https://smackernews.com/item/1987223 HN

tptacek on naming your company: https://smackernews.com/item/4684845 HN

The journey of Flappy Bird: https://smackernews.com/item/7207943 HN

Programming is terrible: https://smackernews.com/item/6469360 HN

On being a consultant: https://smackernews.com/item/6443135 HN

Why Do So Many Incompetent Men Become Leaders? https://smackernews.com/item/6263458 HN

Are designers crazy? https://smackernews.com/item/5002262 HN

Why learning to code is so hard: https://smackernews.com/item/4933178 HN

"I don't understand": https://smackernews.com/item/4930262 HN

death and regrets: https://smackernews.com/item/4540459 HN

In general, if you read the comments from top HN'ers [1] you will find a lot of perls: that's the reason why they got the karma..

Sometimes you can find also great comments [2] from less visible HN'ers. E.g. I suggest a "niche" comment on the best way to negociate a claimed domain name [3].

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/leaders

[2] https://news.ycombinator.com/bestcomments

[3] https://smackernews.com/item/8603821 HN

Here's an old one which is still awesome:

"How I crashed HN" https://smackernews.com/item/639976 HN

Advice by sillysaurus3 on 'recommended reading' for programmers, mainly focusing on C and distributed systems.

https://smackernews.com/item/7602457 HN

I almost wish they'd just add a patio11 and tptacek tab across the top bar. :)

Sometimes it's not just the comment, but the context in which the comment is made.

A bit OT but this is quite funny and a bit related http://bradconte.com/files/misc/HackerNewsParodyThread/

"You just have to figure out which part of the animal kingdom you're in" https://smackernews.com/item/469940 HN

This mini-essay tour of finance, Keynesian economics and other tangents by lionhearted: https://smackernews.com/item/843170 HN

I like a lot of tptacek's[1] comments, as long as he's talking technology / security and not politics. On politics we're pretty far apart, but there's no question the guy knows security damn well, and always has something insightful to say.

[1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=tptacek

Animats post on "Maximizing shareholder value", which had many responses, https://smackernews.com/item/8709880 HN

https://smackernews.com/item/9522459 HN on topic "Ask HN: How to talk smart?"

The top response to "what's th best way to get 5% on a million dollars" is the best piece of investing advice I have seen on this forum.

https://smackernews.com/item/7028803 HN