Hacker News new | past | comments | ask | show | jobs | submit login

Anyone know what level-estimator they're using?

Game: find the 1-word query that has the largest percentage of 'basic' or 'advanced' results.

My starting entry after about 5 tries: 'doctoral' -- 51% advanced.

Update: 'enzyme' -- 94% advanced.

Update2: 'iatrogenic' -- 95% advanced. And no more entries from me.




"farmville" - 81% basic


homomorphism - <1% basic, <1% intermediate, 99% advanced

Edit: plz - 93% basic, 3% intermediate, 2% advanced


theorem:97%

Theoretical: 60%

Theory: 41%


Theorem made me try lemma: 99% advanced, <1% basic, <1% intermediate.


nice.

A new challenge for HN: Find a pair or series of words that are synonymous but have the largest variance in Advanced readers. Bonus points if you can provide a progression of words from basic to advanced.


"black hole": 57/37/5

"gravitational singularity": 4/7/88


Maybe cheating, but:

"middle step": 18/43/38

"lemma": <1/<1/99


"endofunctor" has the same numbers, and so does "homomorphism".




Consider applying for YC's Spring batch! Applications are open till Feb 11.

Guidelines | FAQ | Lists | API | Security | Legal | Apply to YC | Contact

Search: