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SHOW HN2015

127points
24comments
#177of 2,565 in 2015
Top 7%of 2015 by points

How HN took it

MixedNo clear lean

6 positive, 5 neutral or asking, 1 mixed, 3 critical, out of 15 comments about the project. Thread score +0.20.

Idea: 5 for, 2 againstExecution: 1 for, 1 against

The thread, comment by comment

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What HN said

What people liked

  • Simple, beautiful idea combining paper and calculator

    From 1 comment
    • Simply beautiful, beautifully simple idea. Takes the best of two worlds: paper and calculator. Somehow reminds me http://strlen.com/treesheets/ I was also impressed by the…
      ArekDymalski on HN
  • Fills gap left by inadequate software calculators

    From 1 comment
    • I have been looking for something like this for a while, I find software calculators to be woefully inadequate for anything beyond the most basic math. Will definitely check this…
      BeefySwain on HN

Objections

  • Looks like a close copy of Soulver

    From 2 comments
    • Looks like a close copy of Soulver to me. I think in this case it's worth mentioning.
      perishabledave on HN
    • Seems like either a direct copy of or bizarrely coincidental convention with the Mac/iPhone Soulver
      bklebe on HN
  • Only available for Linux

    From 1 comment
    • I usually don’t like to link to competing projects, but this seems to be only for Linux so I think I can link a similar one (as far as I can understand from the screenshots) for…
      micampe on HN

Requests

  • Windows port

    From 1 comment
    • looks interesting, I wonder if it can be ported to Windows, where I have to spend my working life :-(. For something even more sophisticated and Mathcad-like take a look at SMath…
      kwhitefoot on HN
  • Mobile version with sync

    From 1 comment
  • Ubuntu PPA for vivid

    From 1 comment
    • looks neat :-) but is there any chance of a ppa for vivid?
      unhammer on HN

Questions

  • How to get source code without bzr

    From 1 comment

Alternatives named

  • Soulver

    From 1 comment
    • I usually don’t like to link to competing projects, but this seems to be only for Linux so I think I can link a similar one (as far as I can understand from the screenshots) for…
      micampe on HN
  • OpalCalc

    From 1 comment
    • There is OpalCalc for Windows: http://www.skytopia.com/software/opalcalc/
      hantusk on HN
  • SMath Studio

    From 1 comment
    • looks interesting, I wonder if it can be ported to Windows, where I have to spend my working life :-(. For something even more sophisticated and Mathcad-like take a look at SMath…
      kwhitefoot on HN
  • SpeedCrunch

    From 1 comment
    • I use something like speedcrunch. http://speedcrunch.blogspot.com.au/ Runs cross platform. Also wanted more algebraic like wolfram alpha capability though.
      CMCDragonkai on HN
  • Numi

    From 1 comment
  • Calca

    From 1 comment
    • There's also Calca which runs on Windows, Mac and iOS: http://calca.io/
      dangoor on HN

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