Eigenhacks / Hacker News
4,171,781 ↗
Distinct article IDs within this corpus · 4,762,682 stored rows across 238 partitions.
1851 → 2026 / a historical research index
Follow the paper trail.
Explore the names found in 21,264,134 local archive rows from Eigen Times and Eigen Hacks. A name candidate, a confirmed identity, and a verified article mention are different records.
Eigen Times local news archive
16,488,269 ↗
Distinct article IDs within this corpus · 16,501,452 stored rows across 2,983 partitions.
Known-name research candidates
351 ↗
205 outside the documented graph (58% of these name records).
NYT keyword discovery
106,907 ↗
Name-shaped candidate values, not unique humans. Article associations remain unreviewed.
12,911 matched to confirmed identities · 93,996 not yet confirmed.
Checked 20,280 of 106,907 candidate values; 86,627 await matching and 7,369 need review.
A Wikipedia and Wikidata match identifies who a candidate value names. It does not confirm that every associated article refers to that identity, or establish a professional relationship. Known-name candidates have separate date and context checks; the wider NYT discovery index is uncurated article evidence.
These are name-shaped NYT keyword values in technology-related articles, not a count of unique people. Some values may name organizations or subjects. A Wikidata match confirms the identity represented by a value; its article associations remain unreviewed. Counts measure article coverage, not importance.
What was scanned
21,264,134 stored rows across the two corpora. The distinct-ID counts below sum to 20,660,050; this sum is not deduplicated across corpora. Repeated rows and shared reporting are not additional people or independent evidence.
Eigenhacks / Hacker News
4,762,682 stored rows · 4,171,781 distinct article IDs · 238 local partition files.
Publication coverage: 2006-10-09 to 2026-09-05. Scan recorded 2026-10-01; later live editions can contain newer articles.
| Source | Stored rows | Distinct article IDs | Partitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| hackernews | 4,762,682 | 4,171,781 | 238 |
370 dictionary names were scanned. 55,200 articles contained raw matches; 52,467 had at least one plausible, still-unreviewed person mention.
Mention qualification results
| Check result | Person/article pairs | Distinct articles |
|---|---|---|
| ambiguous name without context | 3,297 | 3,268 |
| before documented activity | 7 | 7 |
| plausible unreviewed candidate | 62,009 | 52,467 |
One article can contain several names and appear in more than one check category. These are mention checks, not Wikipedia identity confirmations.
Eigen Times local news archive
16,501,452 stored rows · 16,488,269 distinct article IDs · 2,983 local partition files.
Publication coverage: 1851-09-18 to 2026-09-05. Scan recorded 2026-10-01; later live editions can contain newer articles.
| Source | Stored rows | Distinct article IDs | Partitions |
|---|---|---|---|
| guardian | 954,841 | 954,840 | 333 |
| nyt | 15,407,541 | 15,395,483 | 2,098 |
| wiki-current-events | 117,898 | 116,774 | 297 |
| wikinews | 21,172 | 21,172 | 255 |
370 dictionary names were scanned. 39,289 articles contained raw matches; 24,322 had at least one plausible, still-unreviewed person mention.
Mention qualification results
| Check result | Person/article pairs | Distinct articles |
|---|---|---|
| ambiguous name without context | 2,182 | 2,178 |
| before documented activity | 568 | 566 |
| missing dated identity evidence | 16,894 | 15,243 |
| plausible unreviewed candidate | 28,277 | 24,322 |
One article can contain several names and appear in more than one check category. These are mention checks, not Wikipedia identity confirmations.
Every locally available partition was scanned. The local NYT files omit 1978-09 and 1978-10; checks of the official NYT Archive API on 2026-10-01 returned HTTP 200 with zero articles for those months. Name extraction is not exhaustive. The wider keyword index uses a name-shape and technology-context heuristic; original keyword categories were not retained upstream. Candidate mentions never automatically become factual relationships.