explainer · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Base 12 - Numberphile
Numberphile · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2013–2020).
SignalTube analysis
Among 105 other explainer videos tagged Recreational & visual math, the mean is 3.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 3.6 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
33% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2013–2020; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 9 minutes 12 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2012-12-12.
- Channel / speaker
- Numberphile
- Verified runtime
- 9m 12s
- YouTube upload date
- 2012-12-12
- Hacker News mention years
- 2013–2020
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other explainer videos in Recreational & visual math. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base 12 - NumberphileCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 33% | — | 9m 12s | 2012-12-12 |
| But what is the Fourier Transform? A visual introduction.explainer · 3Blue1Brown | 16 | 15 | 80% | No recorded overlap | 19m 42s | 2018-01-26 |
| But what is a neural network? | Deep learning chapter 1explainer · 3Blue1Brown | 16 | 14 | 84% | No recorded overlap | 18m 40s | 2017-10-05 |
| The Beauty of Bézier Curvesexplainer · Freya Holmér | 16 | 13 | 85% | No recorded overlap | 24m 26s | 2021-08-19 |
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 “Roman Finger Counting”. Its short rationale: Overview of the dozenal system.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Is there any point to the 12 times table?”. Its short rationale: Numberphile on the merits of base 12.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Show HN: A small (less than 2 kb) CSS framework”. Its short rationale: Case for base 12 over base 10.