Submission timeline
2007–2026One 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.
First comments on top threads
HN comment orderThe funning this, I decided to do this for fun. I spent hours cutting out all of these things (I still have them). Again, it was just for fun as I was probably just listening to an audiobook or something (perhaps a little scotch thrown in there). But... after I did all that cutting did I actually read the post. There was no point! There was no game to play. Doh! I wasn't aware it was only a concept and…
Serious question: Has anyone tried this out on actual children? How did it go? Maybe children can more easily accommodate the number of arbitrary elements and rules the game requires, because as an adult, I find the alligator motif actively confusing. Using concrete names, people, chocolates rather than abstractions usually helps a lot in teaching, because it leverages existing mental models and reduces the cognitive burden of tracking abstract tokens and behaviours. In this case, the alligators and their eggs…
I thought this was great fun when I stumbled on it, so if any discussions pick up, hopefully you will read the linked article first and enjoy the surprise :]
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
- Total points
- 437
- Total comments
- 56
100+ points or 50+ comments
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009-05-09 | Alligator Eggs | tumult | 79 | 9 |
| 2010-09-07 | Alligator Eggs | mcantor | 1 | 0 |
| 2011-11-01 | Alligator Eggs | raganwald | 4 | 0 |
| 2012-09-28 | Alligator EggsFirst breakout · Best thread | raganwald | 186 | 23 |
| 2013-01-04 | Alligator Eggs: a game that teaches untyped lambda calculus | shawndumas | 6 | 0 |
| 2015-01-18 | Alligator EggsLatest 20+ point return | jmduke | 158 | 24 |
| 2022-11-09 | Learning Lambda(λ) Calculus with an Alligator Game | irsagent | 3 | 0 |