Speedsums
Learning and science
mental arithmetic practice
SHOW HN2014
How HN took it
6 positive, 13 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 21 critical, out of 40 comments about the project. Thread score -0.37.
Design: 3 for, 10 againstPrivacy: 1 for, 9 againstIdea: 2 for, 0 againstExecution: 0 for, 2 against
The thread, comment by comment
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positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Insult copy is funny and refreshing
From 3 comments
The 'motivational' comments were hilarious and refreshing. I strongly disagree with the other advice you've been given here. Don't 'turn it up to 11' to remove all the subtlety…
callum85 on HNFWIW I thought the insults were pretty funny. They put into context the uselessness of learning to multiply and divide marginally more quickly.
idiot900 on HNI liked it, it made me smile. The standard "have-an-amazing-day" tone of sites submitted here is grating after a while.
ppod on HN
Good for practising typing numbers
From 1 comment
This a great way to improve your touch-typing skills. I'm extremely accurate on letters and the couple of symbols that I tend to use in programming, but straight numbers are the…
peter_l_downs on HN
Objections
Insulting copy is user hostile
From 3 comments
I think this kind of practice is great. However I don't think insulting learners is ever a good idea. "If you got below like 30 on your first attempt, you should probably…
iandanforth on HNThis is incredibly user hostile with lines like "you should probably practice a little before embarrassing yourself again" and "It should not take 4.18s to solve that next time."…
poopicus on HNAgreed - I was quite taken aback by this. Not exactly beginner-friendly...
henryaj on HN
Client-side app is easy to cheat
From 3 comments
It's staggeringly easy to hack because it's a fully client-side app but that's not really the point :)
refrigerator on HNlike I said, staggeringly easy to hack...
refrigerator on HNlike I said, it's staggeringly easy to hack because it's a client side app!
refrigerator on HN
Division and addition signs look alike
From 1 comment
Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the addition and the division sign. That's rather annoying.
webbedhands on HN
No number pad makes it slow
From 1 comment
Only if I had a keypad! Typing numbers in a mini keyboard is so slow.
memming on HN
Requests
Server-side scoring to prevent cheating
From 1 comment
keeping questions captcha-like and calculating the score on server side, is one solution.
asadlionpk on HN
Sanitize leaderboard usernames
From 1 comment
Just wanted to say that you should sanitize the leader board. Some of those usernames completely turn me off from the concept.
fudgekludge on HN
Questions
How to prevent cheating in a client-side app
From 1 comment
Cool little Game ! As a lot of people here, I threw together some JS to try and 'hack' the challenge. As mentioned by OP, this is "staggeringly" easy to do. Yet, I was wondering…
kaahne on HN
Alternatives named
Case Interview Math
From 1 comment
This reminds me of Case Interview Math: https://www.caseinterview.com/math/home.php Try with "Estimation Math", "Random", and "Hard". A friend of mine told me about this website.…
bbx on HN
Eyeballing game
From 1 comment
This sounds a little bit like the sort of stuff `the eyeballing game' makes you do: http://woodgears.ca/eyeball/index.html
to3m on HN