demo · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Linear Book Scanner
Google TechTalks · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2015–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 11 other demo videos tagged Hardware (other), the mean is 2.2 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 2.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
25% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2015–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 30 minutes 41 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2012-11-12.
- Channel / speaker
- Google TechTalks
- Verified runtime
- 30m 41s
- YouTube upload date
- 2012-11-12
- Hacker News mention years
- 2015–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Hardware (other). “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linear Book ScannerCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 25% | — | 30m 41s | 2012-11-12 |
| Harder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or needdemo · suckerpinch | 12 | 9 | 60% | No recorded overlap | 36m 47s | 2022-04-10 |
| Shouting in the Datacenterdemo · Bryan Cantrill | 4 | 4 | 20% | No recorded overlap | 2m 0s | 2008-12-31 |
| Vintage Electronics - The Tefifondemo · Techmoan | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 10m 19s | 2015-04-06 |
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 contextual reference in “50 years of eBooks: 1971-2021”. Its short rationale: Listed as Google's fully automated linear scanbot among scanning methods.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “How to digitize your lab notebooks”. Its short rationale: Shows Google's linear scanner, possibly an internal prototype.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Torching the Modern-Day Library of Alexandria: The Tragedy of Google Books”. Its short rationale: In-depth video on different book scanners.