explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Defeating Microwave Weapons! - Part 1
Tech Ingredients · 2 HN recommenders · 2 recommendation months
Recommended by 2 Hacker News commenters across 2 months (2022–2025).
SignalTube analysis
Among 28 other explainer videos tagged Electronics & circuit design, the mean is 2.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 2 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 2 distinct months; the peer average is 2.4 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 2022–2025; 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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- 2022–2025
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Electronics & circuit design. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Defeating Microwave Weapons! - Part 1Current video | 2 | 2 | 67% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Old pinball machines are amazingly complexexplainer · Technology Connections | 6 | 6 | 55% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| A Look Inside Apple's $130 USB-C Cableexplainer · Adam Savage’s Tested | 6 | 5 | 75% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Watch electricity hit a fork in the road at half a billion frames per secondexplainer · AlphaPhoenix | 5 | 5 | 67% | 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 “Military grade sonic weapon is used against protesters in Serbia”. Its short rationale: Related video on defeating microwave weapons.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “French regulators order Apple to halt sales of the iPhone 12”. Its short rationale: Using microwave ovens without enclosure and blocking directed energy weapons.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Don’t Cook Yourself with RF Energy”. Its short rationale: How microwaves work and how to defend against them.