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Mentions over time

HN mentions by month3 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2011-08-01 18:30:43 UTC to 2013-12-22 18:25:04 UTC.

0122011-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 commentsAug 20112011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 commentsOct 20122012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 0 mentions; 0 submissions, 0 comments2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 commentsDec 2013

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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PeriodStart (UTC)End (exclusive, UTC)MentionsSubmissionsComments
Aug 20112011-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC202
Sep 20112011-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20112011-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20112011-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20112011-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20122012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20122012-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20122012-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20122012-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20122012-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20122012-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20122012-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20122012-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20122012-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20122012-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20122012-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20122012-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jan 20132013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Feb 20132013-02-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Mar 20132013-03-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Apr 20132013-04-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC000
May 20132013-05-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jun 20132013-06-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Jul 20132013-07-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Aug 20132013-08-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Sep 20132013-09-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Oct 20132013-10-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Nov 20132013-11-01 00:00:00 UTC2013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC000
Dec 20132013-12-01 00:00:00 UTC2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

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conradev·Aug 1, 2011
> 'His products show that he understands design as well as anyone on their payroll now.' He designed none of the interface. > '... his obvious coding skills ...' A lot of the time, a person's coding skills are judged by how readable their code is, and how well they utilize SCM. Also, to be an Apple engineer you want extensive experience with Objective-C. https://github.com/comex/star_ Now I don't mean to say comex is a bad programmer at all, the stuff he writes is amazing, I just feel like he wouldn't make a good Apple engineer.
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