tutorial · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
A simple guide to electronic components.
bigclivedotcom · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2018–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 22 other tutorial videos tagged Electronics & circuit design, the mean is 3.1 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 3.0 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
67% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2018–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 38 minutes 6 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2016-03-16.
- Channel / speaker
- bigclivedotcom
- Verified runtime
- 38m 6s
- YouTube upload date
- 2016-03-16
- Hacker News mention years
- 2018–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other tutorial videos in Electronics & circuit design. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A simple guide to electronic components.Current video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | 38m 6s | 2016-03-16 |
| “Hello, world” from scratch on a 6502 — Part 1tutorial · Ben Eater | 11 | 11 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 27m 25s | 2019-09-14 |
| The world's worst video card?tutorial · Ben Eater | 8 | 7 | 57% | No recorded overlap | 32m 47s | 2019-07-05 |
| How does a USB keyboard work?tutorial · Ben Eater | 7 | 6 | 58% | No recorded overlap | 34m 15s | 2021-06-05 |
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 “Converting a WW2-Era Engine Cowl Flaps Indicator into a USB Peripheral”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Electronics Explained: Fundamentals for engineers, technicians and makers (2018)”. Its short rationale: Suggested as beginner starting point in electronics.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “The Potentiometer Handbook (1975) [pdf]”. Its short rationale: Electronics component explainer from a channel that does such videos.