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 orderImmediately made me think of a question on the state of handwriting to LaTeX from a few years ago, and all the massive challenges involved: https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/1443/what-is-the-sta... Under API... you're already doing handwriting? This is uh, nontrivial work to say the least. Really impressive. The endorsements are a nice touch. :) Made me really curious how far the system goes, what cases break it. Oh... nevermind. You have a PDF of examples here: https://docs.mathpix.com It's honing in on…
Oh god. An app like that, with a full pdf to LaTeX file converter, would be a godsend for the blind community. We usually sturggle a lot with mathematics in PDF documents, as it's usually not accessible for screen readers at all. TeX isn't the most pleasant thing to listen to, but it's at least plain asci text that any screen reader can process.
I used to use them two years ago when they offered 200 snip for educational accounts. I then subscribed for personal plan for 5$ when I was writing my MS thesis. It was useful and make me write quicker ( Still needed manual edits for most of the time). I then cancel my subscription when they put a limit on personal paid plan. Then they raised the prices of the (now limited) plan two times in the last couple of…
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
- 805
- Total comments
- 165
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018-03-06 | Show HN: Convert high res screenshots into paste-able Latex | nicodjimenez | 1 | 0 |
| 2018-03-07 | Show HN: Convert screenshots of equations to LaTeXFirst breakout · Best thread | slbenfica | 456 | 98 |
| 2019-11-10 | Mathpix Snip – Extract LaTeX from PDFs or Handwritten Notes in Seconds | Anon84 | 3 | 0 |
| 2019-12-24 | LaTeX, Instantly: Extract LaTeX from PDFs or Handwritten Notes | DyslexicAtheist | 293 | 51 |
| 2022-05-25 | Mathpix: Convert Images and PDFs to LaTeXLatest 20+ point return | amai | 52 | 16 |
