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Using JSLint For Evil
ryantravistate · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2013–2023).
SignalTube analysis
Among 94 other talk videos tagged Software practice, open source & careers, the mean is 3.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.3 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 6 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2023; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 2 minutes 45 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2011-01-20.
- Channel / speaker
- ryantravistate
- Verified runtime
- 2m 45s
- YouTube upload date
- 2011-01-20
- Hacker News mention years
- 2013–2023
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other talk videos in Software practice, open source & careers. “Shared recommenders” counts HN users who recommended both videos in the source graph.
| Video | HN recommenders | Recommendation months | Positive label share | Shared recommenders | Runtime | Upload date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Using JSLint For EvilCurrent video | 2 | 2 | 33% | — | 2m 45s | 2011-01-20 |
| Bret Victor The Future of Programmingtalk · Joey Reid | 12 | 11 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 32m 56s | 2013-07-31 |
| Using Python to Code by Voicetalk · Next Day Video | 12 | 9 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 28m 17s | 2013-03-21 |
| 🚀 TDD, Where Did It All Go Wrong (Ian Cooper)talk · DevTernity Conference | 11 | 11 | 80% | No recorded overlap | 63m 55s | 2017-12-20 |
THREE SOURCE-BASED CONTEXT POINTS
Why Hacker News recommends it
Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.
The archive classifies this as a critical mention in “In the bad old days we had Punchcards. How did people deal with that?”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “SQLite Plus: Missing SQLite functions”. Its short rationale: Crockford made an amended license for IBM's lawyers.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Does saying “Fuck You AWS” constitute offensive content?”. Its short rationale: Crockford's story about the JSLint no-evil license clause.