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 orderThere's a one-line formula that is supposed to capture most of these motions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypotrochoid What always struck me as interesting is how some of them 'seem' like they're a projection of a surface onto the plane. Edit: In fact, it would be nice to see a 3d version where the z-axis is the angle of incidence between gears (taking one as reference). Especially in crazier patterns with gears that are not perfect circles. Too sad this is far in the…
Cool! Nice work. Here's a first-hand user's experience: It took me a bit to figure out how to make it work. I thought I should click the pen hole and press my mouse key as I move it around. Maybe a simple how-to description to get me started would be helpful. Of course, I could just play with it a little more :)
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
- 261
- Total comments
- 63
100+ points or 50+ comments
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reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking
Every submission
| Date | Title as submitted | By | Points | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014-12-04 | InspirographFirst breakout | WestCoastJustin | 117 | 23 |
| 2015-01-05 | Inspirograph | ca98am79 | 1 | 0 |
| 2015-07-28 | Inspirograph | miralabs | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-04-22 | Inspirograph: For Those Missing Spirograph | Katydid | 2 | 0 |
| 2016-12-26 | Spirograph Simulator (2014)Best thread · Latest 20+ point return | ChuckMcM | 139 | 40 |