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I'm so bad at billiards that I ended up in the hyperbolic plane [video]

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Oct 30, 2026First seen

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196
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Submitted by
surprisetalk
Posted
Oct 28, 2026
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Trending history

I'm so bad at billiards that I ended up in the hyperbolic plane [video] was first seen on Hacker News · Front page on Oct 30, 2026. Since then it has appeared in 59 checks on 1 different day. Its best position was #7 of 30, reached on Oct 30, 17:07 UTC. It dropped off the list after Oct 30, 17:37 UTC.

Rank history

Position on Hacker News · Front page at every check (lower is better).

#1#11#20#30 03:0706:4410:2213:5917:37 Oct 30, 03:07 UTC · #28Oct 30, 03:22 UTC · #29Oct 30, 03:37 UTC · #26Oct 30, 03:52 UTC · #26Oct 30, 04:07 UTC · #26Oct 30, 04:22 UTC · #23Oct 30, 04:37 UTC · #24Oct 30, 04:52 UTC · #24Oct 30, 05:07 UTC · #24Oct 30, 05:22 UTC · #22Oct 30, 05:37 UTC · #23Oct 30, 05:52 UTC · #23Oct 30, 06:07 UTC · #23Oct 30, 06:22 UTC · #19Oct 30, 06:37 UTC · #20Oct 30, 06:52 UTC · #20Oct 30, 07:07 UTC · #17Oct 30, 07:22 UTC · #17Oct 30, 07:37 UTC · #18Oct 30, 07:52 UTC · #18Oct 30, 08:07 UTC · #15Oct 30, 08:22 UTC · #16Oct 30, 08:37 UTC · #15Oct 30, 08:52 UTC · #17Oct 30, 09:07 UTC · #15Oct 30, 09:22 UTC · #15Oct 30, 09:37 UTC · #14Oct 30, 09:52 UTC · #14Oct 30, 10:07 UTC · #14Oct 30, 10:22 UTC · #14Oct 30, 10:37 UTC · #13Oct 30, 10:52 UTC · #14Oct 30, 11:07 UTC · #13Oct 30, 11:22 UTC · #13Oct 30, 11:37 UTC · #13Oct 30, 11:52 UTC · #13Oct 30, 12:07 UTC · #13Oct 30, 12:22 UTC · #14Oct 30, 12:37 UTC · #15Oct 30, 12:52 UTC · #15Oct 30, 13:07 UTC · #13Oct 30, 13:22 UTC · #13Oct 30, 13:37 UTC · #12Oct 30, 13:52 UTC · #12Oct 30, 14:07 UTC · #11Oct 30, 14:22 UTC · #13Oct 30, 14:37 UTC · #12Oct 30, 14:52 UTC · #10Oct 30, 15:07 UTC · #11Oct 30, 15:22 UTC · #10Oct 30, 15:37 UTC · #11Oct 30, 15:52 UTC · #12Oct 30, 16:07 UTC · #12Oct 30, 16:22 UTC · #10Oct 30, 16:37 UTC · #9Oct 30, 16:52 UTC · #10Oct 30, 17:07 UTC · #7Oct 30, 17:22 UTC · #7Oct 30, 17:37 UTC · #7

Last 14 days

Best rank per day (UTC).

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Metric history

Platform metric as reported by Hacker News.

072144218 03:0706:4410:2213:5917:37 Oct 30, 03:07 UTC · 5Oct 30, 03:22 UTC · 7Oct 30, 03:37 UTC · 15Oct 30, 03:52 UTC · 18Oct 30, 04:07 UTC · 22Oct 30, 04:22 UTC · 25Oct 30, 04:37 UTC · 28Oct 30, 04:52 UTC · 31Oct 30, 05:07 UTC · 35Oct 30, 05:22 UTC · 45Oct 30, 05:37 UTC · 46Oct 30, 05:52 UTC · 49Oct 30, 06:07 UTC · 55Oct 30, 06:22 UTC · 61Oct 30, 06:37 UTC · 64Oct 30, 06:52 UTC · 69Oct 30, 07:07 UTC · 74Oct 30, 07:22 UTC · 78Oct 30, 07:37 UTC · 84Oct 30, 07:52 UTC · 87Oct 30, 08:07 UTC · 98Oct 30, 08:22 UTC · 105Oct 30, 08:37 UTC · 109Oct 30, 08:52 UTC · 113Oct 30, 09:07 UTC · 118Oct 30, 09:22 UTC · 121Oct 30, 09:37 UTC · 125Oct 30, 09:52 UTC · 126Oct 30, 10:07 UTC · 128Oct 30, 10:22 UTC · 134Oct 30, 10:37 UTC · 140Oct 30, 10:52 UTC · 143Oct 30, 11:07 UTC · 145Oct 30, 11:22 UTC · 148Oct 30, 11:37 UTC · 152Oct 30, 11:52 UTC · 154Oct 30, 12:07 UTC · 157Oct 30, 12:22 UTC · 160Oct 30, 12:37 UTC · 163Oct 30, 12:52 UTC · 165Oct 30, 13:07 UTC · 169Oct 30, 13:22 UTC · 171Oct 30, 13:37 UTC · 174Oct 30, 13:52 UTC · 178Oct 30, 14:07 UTC · 183Oct 30, 14:22 UTC · 183Oct 30, 14:37 UTC · 186Oct 30, 14:52 UTC · 192Oct 30, 15:07 UTC · 195Oct 30, 15:22 UTC · 198Oct 30, 15:37 UTC · 200Oct 30, 15:52 UTC · 202Oct 30, 16:07 UTC · 203Oct 30, 16:22 UTC · 209Oct 30, 16:37 UTC · 210Oct 30, 16:52 UTC · 212Oct 30, 17:07 UTC · 214Oct 30, 17:22 UTC · 216Oct 30, 17:37 UTC · 218

From the discussion

A few top-level comments from Hacker News, shortened. Read the full thread on Hacker News.

This entire youtube channel is a gem btw. Delightful video on the lambda calculus and other compution concepts https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcVA8Nj6HEo

I enjoyed this and it warmed my heart a bit to see 4m views for some math animations. Maybe popular on r/trees or something :) I was curious what they used to generate the graphic's and it's their own tool: https://github.com/2swap/swaptube

It reminds me of the billiards segment in Donald in Mathmagic Land[0]. I absolutely adored it as a kid. 0: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_in_Mathmagic_Land

Questions

Is I'm so bad at billiards that I ended up in the hyperbolic plane [video] trending on Hacker News right now?

Not at the moment. It was last on the list on Oct 30, 17:37 UTC, after 1 day of trending.

What is the highest rank I'm so bad at billiards that I ended up in the hyperbolic plane [video] reached?

#7 on Hacker News · Front page, on Oct 30, 17:07 UTC. Trendoday checks this list every 15 minutes.

How long has I'm so bad at billiards that I ended up in the hyperbolic plane [video] been trending?

It was first seen on Oct 30, 2026 and has been on the list on 1 day (59 checks) since.

How much discussion did it get on Hacker News?

196 points and 32 comments; submitted by surprisetalk on Oct 28, 2026.

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