demo · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
My old BBC Micro system
mikeselectricstuff · 3 HN recommenders · 3 recommendation months
Recommended by 3 Hacker News commenters across 3 months (2017–2022).
SignalTube analysis
Among 69 other demo videos tagged Demoscene & retrocomputing, the mean is 1.7 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 3 distinct HN recommenders, about 1.7× that mean. Recommendations span 3 distinct months; the peer average is 1.9 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
100% of its 3 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2017–2022; 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.
- Channel / speaker
- mikeselectricstuff
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2017–2022
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other demo videos in Demoscene & retrocomputing. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| My old BBC Micro systemCurrent video | 3 | 3 | 100% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| A Mind Is Born (256 bytes)demo · lftkryo | 8 | 9 | 50% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| elevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo)demo · Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras) | 7 | 10 | 67% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Elevated by RGBA and TBCdemo · BUTTONTANG | 7 | 7 | 58% | 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 strong recommendation in “iPod Nano V6 LCD Hacking”. Its short rationale: Heavily modified BBC Micro from a favourite channel.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Chip Aging Accelerates”. Its short rationale: Mike's BBC Micro build, preferred over EEVBlog.
The archive classifies this as a strong recommendation in “Miscellaneous Arduino bits and pieces”. Its short rationale: Starting point for a rewarding channel with deep electronics knowledge.