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A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard (2017)

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Resurfaced independently across 5 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
6
submitters
6
observed span
2018–2023
peak thread · 104 comments
147 pts
latest 20+ return · 2019-08-19
112 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

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My favourite trade floor keyboard I Own is definitely the Wey. Fully programmable. Swappable modules for Bloomberg and Reuters. Picked the thing up at a yard sale and recently locked myself out of the thing by accident https://youtu.be/e-5DDDd3Qzw

"The Grid" is a fascinating machine. If you're interested in it the full name is the GRiD Compass 1101. It used a display I've never seen on any laptop before, an electroluminescent monochrome one, really weird tech there. It's primarily used in static displays like car dashboards because it's very unlikely to "burn out" (not even sure it's possible). I've never seen them on dynamic displays before. More fun facts, it was used in space, and perhaps even as the…

Boy, Bloomberg loves them some Bloomberg

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
265

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Total comments
160

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2018-05-16A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard (2017)First breakout · Best threaddmmalam147104
2019-08-19A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboard (2017)Latest 20+ point returnbookofjoe11255
2021-02-02A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboardmegraf10
2021-05-27Look Back: Bloomberg Keyboardhirawat10
2022-01-23A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboardjparise21
2023-02-22A look back: The Bloomberg Keyboardtta20