documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
The KGB, the Computer, and Me (Complete)
GBPPR2 · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2016–2019).
SignalTube analysis
Among 4 other documentary videos tagged Security & hacking, the mean is 2.3 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 2.3 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
50% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2019; 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.
- Channel / speaker
- GBPPR2
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2019
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary videos in Security & hacking. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The KGB, the Computer, and Me (Complete)Current video | 2 | 2 | 50% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| The KGB, the Computer, and Me.documentary · DragonFartOutLoud | 3 | 3 | 60% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| The KGB, The Computer and Me - The Cuckoo’s Egg Storydocumentary · Australian Phoenix CyberOps | 3 | 3 | 100% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Spying on the Scammers [Part 1/5]documentary · Jim Browning | 2 | 2 | 40% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
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 recommendation in “Get an Acme Klein Bottle”. Its short rationale: Documentary with Cliff Stoll telling the story directly.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “The Cuckoo's Egg”. Its short rationale: NOVA episode based on The Cuckoo's Egg.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Ask HN: What are some of the best documentaries you've seen?”. Its short rationale: Nerdy documentary on the Cuckoo's Egg story.