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Conventional Keyboards Are STAGGERINGLY STUPID!
Ben Vallack · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2021–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 76 other demo videos tagged Consumer devices & gadgets, the mean is 1.0 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, about 2.1× that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 0.9 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 2021–2022; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 6 minutes 39 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2020-05-30.
- Channel / speaker
- Ben Vallack
- Verified runtime
- 6m 39s
- YouTube upload date
- 2020-05-30
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Consumer devices & gadgets. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conventional Keyboards Are STAGGERINGLY STUPID!Current video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | 6m 39s | 2020-05-30 |
| BOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdosdemo · AvE | 6 | 6 | 30% | No recorded overlap | 41m 39s | 2017-05-19 |
| E-Ink for Productivity: An Introductiondemo · Technology Connextras | 4 | 5 | 63% | No recorded overlap | 23m 26s | 2019-04-09 |
| Vintage Electronics - The Tefifondemo · Techmoan | 3 | 3 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 10m 19s | 2015-04-06 |
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 “I spent a year designing a low profile, minimal mechanical keyboard”. Its short rationale: Short comparison of ortholinear versus staggered keyboard layouts.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Djinn Split Keyboard”. Its short rationale: Demonstrates how key stagger forces fingers into unnatural movement.
The archive classifies this as a critical mention in “System76 Launch Configurable Keyboard with Open Source Code”. Its short rationale: the source snapshot has no short rationale for this mention.