HN stops at 210, why 210?

[J3L2404]

All I can think of is LCM of the first four primes. Any other possibilities?

[pg]

7 pages of 30 items.

[mhartl → pg]

To any newer HN readers who don't know: pg is Paul Graham, the principal author of Hacker News. So the parent comment isn't a guess; it's the answer.

[moe → mhartl]

He also wears sandals.

[J3L2404 → mhartl]

Case closed.

[jarsj]

Admin set max-number-of-pages to 7 :-/.

[J3L2404 → jarsj]

Prosaic but probably right. Just projecting number theory I guess, oh well.

[jarsj → J3L2404]

I bet you have an interesting number theoretic explanation for your userid :-)

[J3L2404 → jarsj]

58109

[qeorge → J3L2404]

Care to explain? I took your username as a reference to Fargo. Is there another meaning, perhaps one that the Cohen Bros were referencing?

Edit: I'm an idiot. Very clever.

[jarsj → J3L2404]

sorry, beats me. Your profile provides no clues either, like your real name or an email address or a web page.

I had like to hear you explain.

[J3L2404 → jarsj]

I don't know why you need my real name but if you google the number and google my id it will become clear what they refer to. My website is SpaceAgeCoding.com. Excuse the website-it's a work in progress.

[Mathnerd314]

http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=210

[J3L2404 → Mathnerd314]

Also a triangular number.

[RiderOfGiraffes]

I don't understand - in what sense does HN stop at 210? Am I missing something?

[J3L2404 → RiderOfGiraffes]

The posts are numbered.

[RiderOfGiraffes → J3L2404]

Ah - you're talking about the list of new posts and the list of "news" posts. I see.

Sorry - can't help, but thanks for explaining a little more.

[iamwil]

That's a pretty good observation. Wouldn't have thought of that.

[satorikatsu]

its half of 420 ;)_.~

[J3L2404]

It is also the sum of eight consecutive prime numbers 13 + 17 + 19 + 23 + 29 + 31 + 37 + 41 = 210.