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SmackBook

ealf · 0 HN recommenders · 0 recommendation months

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Recommended by 0 Hacker News commenters across 0 months (2013–2026).

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There are too few matching demo videos tagged Hacker culture & free software for a stable peer comparison. This video has 0 distinct HN recommenders across 0 recommendation months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.

0% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2026; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. A verified runtime is not present in the current metadata snapshot. A verified YouTube publication date is not present in the current metadata snapshot.

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2013–2026

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4 mentions

Each note combines the dataset’s stance label and short rationale; comment bodies are not reproduced. Open the HN source for the original discussion.

reference2026-02Original HN comment ↗

The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Reading the undocumented MEMS accelerometer on Apple Silicon MacBooks via iokit”. Its short rationale: Example of novel uses of the Sudden Motion Sensor.

reference2025-09Original HN comment ↗

The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “The MacBook has a sensor that knows the exact angle of the screen hinge”. Its short rationale: Smackbook used HDD impact sensors to change apps.

reference2021-05Original HN comment ↗

The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Previews of software updates designed for people with disabilities”. Its short rationale: Hack using hard drive accelerometer to switch Spaces.