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 orderI've also read previous article about how the author manage to take lecture note using Vim+Latex (also posted on HN), and that's amazing how author managed to do that. But I'm thinking for people who does not know how to use Vim (arguingly high learning curve) and Latex to take note, what options do they have to take note quickly (with Math symbols/layouts)? You can try out Mathcha[1] which is built to help people without knowing of Latex can easily…
When I started writing papers I was really bullish on tikz. I thought that professional looking papers should have figures that were precise to the mm. But the time it takes to get something useful is just insane. I quickly moved to the vectorial drawing tool I had handy: keynote. It’s really not made for that, but it has enough features that you can quickly use it to do pretty things. I ended up using keynote to do all the…
Dupicate of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19768012
Cool. Your repos are so popular. The stars range from 300 to 1000, and the forks range from 50 to 200. I wonder what kind of audience you generally get, since they seem quite high for the niche. Side question, I notice that you don't use UTM parameters for your submission link. I wonder if you know about it, and if yes, then why don't you use it? I also gather all my knowledge about this and ask in this…
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
- 869
- Total comments
- 178
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019-04-27 | Taking lecture notes using LaTeX part 2: Making figures in real time | rcap | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-04-27 | I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using InkscapeFirst breakout · Best thread | adamnemecek | 542 | 97 |
| 2019-04-29 | I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using Inkscape | akalin | 6 | 1 |
| 2022-05-01 | I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using Inkscape (2019)Latest 20+ point return | marcodiego | 312 | 77 |
| 2023-09-19 | How I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using Inkscape (2019)Hall induction | goldemerald | 3 | 0 |
| 2024-04-06 | I draw figures for my mathematical lecture notes using Inkscape (2019) | Tomte | 3 | 3 |
