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Edsger Dijkstra interview
Hans Otten · 1 HN recommenders · 1 recommendation months
Recommended by 1 Hacker News commenters across 1 months (2023–2024).
SignalTube analysis
Among 156 other interview videos tagged Tech pioneers & interviews, the mean is 1.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 1 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 1 distinct month; the peer average is 1.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
25% of its 4 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2023–2024; those years describe discussion history, not upload date. Its verified runtime is 24 minutes 5 seconds. YouTube lists its publication date as 2018-02-27.
- Channel / speaker
- Hans Otten
- Verified runtime
- 24m 5s
- YouTube upload date
- 2018-02-27
- Hacker News mention years
- 2023–2024
SAME TOPIC AND FORMAT
Compare with related videos
The comparison cohort uses other interview videos in Tech pioneers & interviews. “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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edsger Dijkstra interviewCurrent video | 1 | 1 | 25% | — | 24m 5s | 2018-02-27 |
| Jim Simons (full length interview) - Numberphileinterview · Numberphile2 | 11 | 13 | 70% | No recorded overlap | 60m 43s | 2015-05-13 |
| VCF East: Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighaninterview · Vintage Computer Federation | 11 | 10 | 61% | No recorded overlap | 63m 51s | 2019-05-06 |
| Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 1 // Summer 2021]interview · Everyday Astronaut | 11 | 8 | 55% | No recorded overlap | 53m 17s | 2021-08-03 |
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 “Dijkstra's interview on Dutch TV (2000)”. Its short rationale: Dutch quote on keeping errors out of programs, with a dry joke.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Edsger Dijkstra carried computer science on his shoulders (2020)”. Its short rationale: Shows Dijkstra's vehicle and part of a longer interview.
The archive classifies this as a recommendation in “Why (and How) I Write Code with Pencil and Paper”. Its short rationale: Dijkstra's approach to handwritten code, shown in the interview.