What happened to everyone who retired on the 4% rule since 1927
Middle of the pack
Beat 45% of Show HN launches that day
#71 of 198 on Nov 10
8.4% of Other launches (8 of 95) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Other →
points · traction gained Nov 12, 10:31 UTC → Nov 13, 10:27 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+
Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 17, 18:23 UTC).
comments · buzz 0 in latest interval
listed Nov 10, 18:23 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 2points
- Comments
- 0
- Rank in MISC this week
- #37of 99 HN
- Rank overall this week
- #339of 1,038 HN
- Sector hit rate
- 8.4%8/95 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 2Nov 11, 10:42 UTC
- Last reading
- 2Nov 13, 10:27 UTC
- Readings
- 3over 64h
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Top on Nov 10 · 198 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1Get your coding agent off ~2019 JavaScript, onto modern web primitives439 points
- #2Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View252 points
- #3A 15 MB self-hosted Netflix and Spotify for your media server168 points
- #4AircadProfessional drafting and 3D modeling in the browser90 points
- #5I have trained 15 blood glucose forecasting models on my own data20 points
More in Other · top Show HN launches, last 7 days
- Coldframe, a honeypot that poses as a supermarket fridge controller289 points0
- Valencia, Spain in Sim City/Isometric View252 points▲ +5
- FlideMake Jev-like decision models up to 9.5x faster124 points0
- MeowDisplay Is iPhone Mirroring, but in Reverse120 points0
- MicronOberon with the Power of C66 points▲ +6
Grades · each graded against other Other launches from the same source
Momentum
C+0 points
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Better than 47% · vs 75 still-tracked Other · Show HN launches
Velocity
C0.04 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 49% · vs 377 Other · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
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Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
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Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #71 of 198 Show HN launches on 2026-11-10
- #69AI agents found an unmapped Maya site in Mexico2 points
- #70Fix Gate2 points
- #71What happened to everyone who retired on the 4% rule since 19272 points
- #72Relay2 points
- #73Gmessages-TUI, Google Messages (RCS and SMS) in the Terminal2 points
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