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Marble adding machine
MatthiasWandel · 0 HN recommenders · 0 recommendation months
Recommended by 0 Hacker News commenters across 0 months (2013–2021).
SignalTube analysis
Among 14 other demo videos tagged Woodworking, metalworking & workshop skills, the mean is 1.6 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 0 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 0 distinct months; the peer average is 1.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
0% of its 8 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2021; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 3 minutes 34 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2007-06-21.
- Channel / speaker
- MatthiasWandel
- Verified runtime
- 3m 34s
- YouTube upload date
- 2007-06-21
- Hacker News mention years
- 2013–2021
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Woodworking, metalworking & workshop skills. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marble adding machineCurrent video | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | 3m 34s | 2007-06-21 |
| Primitive Technology: Cord drill and Pump drilldemo · Primitive Technology | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 8m 24s | 2016-01-22 |
| Gridfinity: Your Ultimate Modular Workshop is FREE!demo · Zack Freedman | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 20m 52s | 2022-04-13 |
| Saw Stop - This guy puts a finger into an active table saw blade & comes away without a scratch!demo · Anthony Prezutti Comedy Mentalist | 2 | 2 | 67% | No recorded overlap | 5m 14s | 2012-04-05 |
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 “DNA seen through the eyes of a coder”. Its short rationale: Wooden gates as one physical realization of computation.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ask HN: How did you learn math notation?”. Its short rationale: Marble machine as an example of arithmetic without understanding.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Lego Axle Sorter [video]”. Its short rationale: Wooden marble adding machine from an early favorite channel.