explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
CD / Color
Captain Disillusion · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2020–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 15 other explainer videos tagged Animation & visual effects, the mean is 3.5 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.1 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
75% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2020–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 7 minutes 0 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2020-08-18.
- Channel / speaker
- Captain Disillusion
- Verified runtime
- 7m 0s
- YouTube upload date
- 2020-08-18
- Hacker News mention years
- 2020–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Animation & visual effects. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CD / ColorCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 75% | — | 7m 0s | 2020-08-18 |
| The Beauty of Bézier Curvesexplainer · Freya Holmér | 16 | 13 | 85% | No recorded overlap | 24m 26s | 2021-08-19 |
| "NO CGI" is really just INVISIBLE CGI - 1explainer · The Movie Rabbit Hole | 6 | 6 | 78% | No recorded overlap | 16m 30s | 2023-10-27 |
| Chinese Invisibility Cloak Hoax DESTROYED!!!explainer · Captain Disillusion | 4 | 4 | 100% | No recorded overlap | 13m 36s | 2018-03-16 |
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 “A toaster from 1949 is still smarter than any sold today”. Its short rationale: Gem explaining how color works in video systems.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]”. Its short rationale: Summary of how color perception works.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “What Color Is This? Part 2”. Its short rationale: Explains the biological mechanism of color and its consequences for displays.