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SHOW HN2022
202points
145comments
#282of 2,570 in 2022
Top 11%of 2022 by points
How HN took it
MixedNo clear lean
16 positive, 33 neutral or asking, 6 mixed, 23 critical, out of 78 comments about the project. Thread score -0.05.
Execution: 1 for, 14 againstIdea: 6 for, 0 againstPrivacy: 0 for, 6 againstDesign: 4 for, 1 againstPerformance: 0 for, 2 against
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What HN said
What people liked
Simple, fun, and addictive
From 4 comments
simple idea executed well, that's what makes the best games, maybe this will be the next wordle? :)
dom96 on HNStupid game is my favourite kind of game. Great job!
idkwhoiam on HNThat was fun! The first one I got wrong was: "80,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 gorillas vs Saturn". Good fun!
hifikuno on HNI quite enjoyed that as well. I was quite surprised when I finally got one wrong.
HardwareLust on HN
Good for teaching scale and estimation
From 2 comments
My friends and I always talk about how big a social problem scale-blindness is, so this is awesome! Suggestions: 1. Show progress towards some fixed number of questions so you…
holmesworcester on HNOP here. Thanks! Will be testing with my 6 year old later. He actually hasn't seen it yet. Yeah, I agree. I wanted something that everyone can read and where the physical size of…
last_one_in on HN
Objections
Some weight figures are wrong
From 3 comments
At least one question has its figures wrong. It asks which is heavier, Space Shuttle or 747, and goes on to say that the Shuttle weighs 2 million kg. But that is not just the…
robocat on HNYou have Mars set to 4.8685e24 kg, but it should be 6.4171e23 kg.
chrismorgan on HNThat is a lot of peas. I might have some maths wrong in there I'll admit. I hacked it all together in day.
last_one_in on HN
Big numbers are hard to read and compare
From 2 comments
Fun game! I have a suggestion: the huge numbers are not quite readable. Maybe add the scientific notation as well. Comparing 73,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 with…
superninjy on HNI like the big numbers with lots of zeros: works for kids as well. IMHO it could lose some of the silly charm with scientific notation. But having the numbers aligned for easy…
asmosoinio on HN
Site redirected to a loans company and had certificate errors during the outage
From 3 comments
I was redirected to some loan company.
antattack on HNFirefox refuses to show me the site due to a bad certificate, apparently its certificate is valid for domains belonging to arrowloans.co.uk - this is consistent with other…
brazzy on HNMe too. Here's the result of nmap -p 443 --script ssl-cert weighoff.net: ``` Starting Nmap 7.80 ( https://nmap.org ) at 2022-03-31 17:24 CEST Nmap scan report for weighoff.net…
sodimel on HN
Requests
Show scientific notation or aligned numbers
From 3 comments
Fun game! I have a suggestion: the huge numbers are not quite readable. Maybe add the scientific notation as well. Comparing 73,400,000,000,000,000,000,000 with…
superninjy on HNThis is fun! I don't know if this would make it too easy, but it would be helpful to have the numbers in scientific notation (like 1.6e12), at least as an option. It would make…
imgabe on HNI like the big numbers with lots of zeros: works for kids as well. IMHO it could lose some of the silly charm with scientific notation. But having the numbers aligned for easy…
asmosoinio on HN
Track score and winning streaks
From 3 comments
I did about 15 questions waiting for the game to "end", not realizing it would go on forever. IMO if the game is infinite, count how many questions I get correct in a row, and…
degenerate on HNI quite enjoyed that. Few (hopefully helpful) bits of feedback: 1) Would be nicer if it wasn't just an endless list of question cards. Maybe have new ones sliding in on the…
goldcd on HNMy friends and I always talk about how big a social problem scale-blindness is, so this is awesome! Suggestions: 1. Show progress towards some fixed number of questions so you…
holmesworcester on HN
Add more difficulty levels and closer comparisons
From 2 comments
It was really fun, but maybe throw a few combos closer in weight in? I played for maybe 5 minutes and didn't get any wrong. I would have played longer if I got some wrong.
jessep on HNI quite enjoyed that. Few (hopefully helpful) bits of feedback: 1) Would be nicer if it wasn't just an endless list of question cards. Maybe have new ones sliding in on the…
goldcd on HN
Clearer green and red answer feedback
From 2 comments
Feedback Highlight Correct in green, Incorrect in red
paparush on HNAdvice: make the answer much more visible. First text, visually separated (bigger font, bold, line ...), green/red. Separate the explanation part into its own block of text.
gondo on HN
Questions
How were the weights calculated?
From 2 comments
For those that are curious (yes, I realize this takes no effort to find): https://weighoff.net/data.js
someacocunt34 on HN"According to my reckoning a human weighs at most 80kg"
jaimehrubiks on HN
Alternatives named
Wordle
From 1 comment
simple idea executed well, that's what makes the best games, maybe this will be the next wordle? :)
dom96 on HN
Cow Clicker
From 1 comment
i wish i could dare to make a game this stupid. it's simple. and a touch stupid. but definitely enjoyable for a little bit. that was fun. way more fun than cow clicker. don't…
retrocryptid on HN