There is a useful tool to suggest the best times to post a new thread: http://hnpickup.appspot.com

Is anyone aware of something similar which breaks this down by type of thread?

Am I the only one getting some text on gray background without any graphics or charts on this page?

Apparently, there's an error in one of the python scripts that generates the data. It's currently reporting an overquota error.

I must have used that for my show HN post.

I was wondering why it was almost a dead response, While I have seen good response for similar show HN posts.

anyways the post is here:

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4495098

I guess you're talking about http://skimfeed.com.

Imagine a table with a 3 course meal laid out...it's nice. Now imagine a table with a 100 course meal. You'll still eat only three plates of food before you're full but you'd still prefer the 100 course table.

There's a large random component to what gets to, and stays on, the front page.

pg doesn't sleep; he waits.

Isn't PG on the Maker Schedule?

Being on the Maker schedule doesn't imply being awake at 3 AM.

PG writes of the Maker Schedule: "I evolved another trick for partitioning the day. I used to program from dinner till about 3 am every day, because at night no one could interrupt me. Then I'd sleep till about 11 am, and come in and work until dinner on what I called "business stuff." I never thought of it in these terms, but in effect I had two workdays each day, one on the manager's schedule and one on the maker's."

Does kinda imply he may very well be awake at 3AM. That said, he's also wrapping things up then and unlikely to take on a public Q&A requiring nontrivial attention.

Notice the judicious use of the phrase "used to".

:-) 3 AM is not that bad, or is it?

Not really - PG will see it eventually

Even if he did see it, I don't imagine it's something he'd respond to - or perhaps even could respond to.

Mabe he can give an idea of the domain etc. I am sure he can definitely do that ?

maybe != definitely

And yet it worked!