Processing Time Debates

Users debate and report highly variable times taken to complete a task, run a demo, or process something from the article, ranging from seconds to hours or days.

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Activity Over Time

2007
18
2008
58
2009
119
2010
170
2011
234
2012
243
2013
311
2014
275
2015
292
2016
315
2017
387
2018
364
2019
413
2020
480
2021
574
2022
644
2023
715
2024
532
2025
559
2026
44

Keywords

PC minutes hours seconds 30 10 seconds took 10 30 minutes min 10 minutes

Sample Comments

jnordwick β€’ Mar 5, 2017 β€’ View on HN

You had me at "5 to 30 minutes"

kevin_thibedeau β€’ Sep 12, 2025 β€’ View on HN

I heard it would take 24 hours...

efilife β€’ Jan 6, 2026 β€’ View on HN

Was it really 5 min or more like 30?

FDSGSG β€’ Jun 23, 2019 β€’ View on HN

Within minutes? Seems optimistic.

aakilfernandes β€’ Aug 27, 2015 β€’ View on HN

Where are you getting 30 mintues from? I'm showing ~5 hours

wkjagt β€’ Dec 20, 2023 β€’ View on HN

Actually, it’s looking more like 6 days. No wait, 30 seconds.

yk β€’ Mar 31, 2024 β€’ View on HN

Do you have abit of time? It should be quick...

HeyLaughingBoy β€’ Feb 4, 2017 β€’ View on HN

I wondered how long this would take...

KoftaBob β€’ Apr 26, 2021 β€’ View on HN

What's the allotted time they've been given?

_xoo β€’ Nov 5, 2020 β€’ View on HN

That's still more like a couple of hours :)