Show HN: Speedsums

#1

Post by refrigerator » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 3:35 PM UTC

Show HN: Speedsums
speedsums.com

Re: Show HN: Speedsums

#2

Post by refrigerator » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 3:36 PM UTC

It's staggeringly easy to hack because it's a fully client-side app but that's not really the point :)

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#3

Post by lucb1e » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 4:02 PM UTC

I've always been extremely bad at things like this. Working quickly is one thing I cannot seem to do. Which makes this extremely good practice of course!

Last week I cleaned up a lot my room and went through stuff from primary school. Speedruns, where we had a sheet of sums that we had to solve as quickly as possible, always showed I was within the bottom half of the class (I don't remember the exact number), while mostly other tests' scores were in the top 85% or something. "Slowly but steadily," I guess?

Oddly my typing speed is faster than everyone else I know, including in a class full of coders. I'm not slowest in everything at least.

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#4

Post by webbedhands » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 4:14 PM UTC

Sometimes it's hard to differentiate between the addition and the division sign. That's rather annoying.

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#5

Post by poopicus » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 4:15 PM UTC

This 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."

Is that part of discouraging procrastination or what? As it stands, I couldn't show my sisters this without them getting upset with me.

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#6

Post by iandanforth » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 4:16 PM UTC

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 practice a little before embarrassing yourself again."

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#7

Post by CoryG89 » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 4:18 PM UTC

This is cool. I would like to make it multiplayer with websockets. Similar to an old multiplayer math game I made in school. http://get24.jit.su

Re: Show HN: Speedsums

#8

Post by refrigerator » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 4:19 PM UTC

iandanforth wrote: post #6

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 practice a little before embarrassing yourself again."

I thought it would motivate people to try harder, but I guess it's backfiring... sorry! I'll change it

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#9

Post by runekaagaard » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 4:22 PM UTC

And here's a cheat: http://pastebin.com/483UcMLx

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#10

Post by refrigerator » Sat, Feb 08, 2014, 4:23 PM UTC

runekaagaard wrote: post #9

And here's a cheat: http://pastebin.com/483UcMLx

like I said, staggeringly easy to hack...