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QuakeCon 2011 - John Carmack Keynote
QuakeCon Official · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2011–2018).
SignalTube analysis
Among 105 other talk videos tagged Tech pioneers & interviews, the mean is 2.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
43% of its 7 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2011–2018; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 86 minutes 39 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2011-08-05.
- Channel / speaker
- QuakeCon Official
- Verified runtime
- 1h 26m 39s
- YouTube upload date
- 2011-08-05
- Hacker News mention years
- 2011–2018
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other talk videos in Tech pioneers & interviews. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| QuakeCon 2011 - John Carmack KeynoteCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 43% | — | 1h 26m 39s | 2011-08-05 |
| Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech 2005talk · JoshuaG | 13 | 11 | 68% | No recorded overlap | 14m 34s | 2006-03-06 |
| Growing a Language, by Guy Steeletalk · Bill Pugh | 11 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 53m 31s | 2012-07-15 |
| A Philosophy of Software Design | John Ousterhout | Talks at Googletalk · Talks at Google | 11 | 10 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 61m 40s | 2018-08-01 |
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 strong recommendation in “Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?”. Its short rationale: Carmack as a captivating, conversational speaker.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Game Publishers Are Obsolete – So Why Haven’t Developers Ditched Them Yet?”. Its short rationale: Carmack addresses publisher and developer questions.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “OCaml for the Masses”. Its short rationale: Carmack mentions OCaml and Haskell regarding performance and hiring.