I made a portals physics engine to prove my point
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Strong launch
Beat 83% of Show HN launches that day
#26 of 188 on Nov 3
#1 of 4 Education & Learning launches on Show HN on Nov 3. 5.9% of Education & Learning launches (1 of 17) reached 10+ points in the last 7 days. See Education & Learning →
points · traction gained Nov 9, 10:27 UTC → Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
Traction frozen — tracking ended at 168h after listing. Show HN votes are re-read for ~168h.
comments
listed Nov 3, 10:55 UTC
Traction (points) over time
Key statistics
- Traction
- 5points
- Comments
- 7
- Rank in EDUC this week
- —not listed in the last 7 days
- Rank overall this week
- —
- Sector hit rate
- 5.9%1/17 · 7D
- Traction line
- Below10+ points
- First reading
- 5Nov 4, 21:23 UTC
- Last reading
- 5Nov 10, 10:45 UTC
- Readings
- 7over 168h
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Top on Nov 3 · 188 Show HN launches that day, by points
- #1HackerTVHN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels488 points
- #2Hacker Times, a New York Times-inspired version of Hacker News475 points
- #3Uncracked City, detective game where you question LLM suspects that lie127 points
- #4KairosOpen-source risk and fraud decisioning platform107 points
- #5I built a little browser game to practice Vim commands72 points
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- BackwordsLet AI teach you how to speak in reverse13 points0
- Inp-analyser skillanalysis and fix your Interaction to Next Paint4 points0
- Kiosk, a first-class AI assistants' intefrace to online services3 points0
Grades · each graded against other Education & Learning launches from the same source
Momentum
——
Traction gained in the latest daily interval
Not re-read in the latest run, so no recent gain
Velocity
A0.10 points/h
Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)
Better than 83% · vs 73 Education & Learning · Show HN launches, last 30 days
Engagement
——
Comments per 10 points
Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise
Staying Power
——
Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading
Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs
Launch-day race · #26 of 188 Show HN launches on 2026-11-03
- #24Run Conway's Game of Life in CSS5 points
- #25LokaDB5 points
- #26I made a portals physics engine to prove my point5 points
- #27Modelpeers5 points
- #28Google Trends for Reddit5 points
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