documentary · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
Birth of BASIC
Dartmouth · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2021–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 45 other documentary videos tagged History of computing, the mean is 3.4 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, close to that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 3.2 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 2021–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 38 minutes 13 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2014-08-05.
- Channel / speaker
- Dartmouth
- Verified runtime
- 38m 13s
- YouTube upload date
- 2014-08-05
- Hacker News mention years
- 2021–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other documentary videos in History of computing. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birth of BASICCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 75% | — | 38m 13s | 2014-08-05 |
| Micro Men - 720p (2009)documentary · gimpymoo | 15 | 14 | 75% | No recorded overlap | 84m 13s | 2013-07-28 |
| Mechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computersdocumentary · Excelsior10000 | 13 | 12 | 65% | No recorded overlap | 41m 53s | 2011-07-13 |
| Project Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentarydocumentary · The Documentary Network | 13 | 12 | 68% | No recorded overlap | 56m 9s | 2013-08-12 |
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 “Thomas E. Kurtz has died”. Its short rationale: 50th anniversary documentary featuring Kurtz prominently.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “BASIC turns 60”. Its short rationale: Documentary on the creation of BASIC at Dartmouth.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Ed is the standard text editor (2014)”. Its short rationale: BASIC's inception at Dartmouth.