interview · HACKER NEWS RECOMMENDATION
The Mind Behind Linux | Linus Torvalds | TED
TED · 0 HN recommenders · 0 recommendation months
Recommended by 0 Hacker News commenters across 0 months (2016–2026).
SignalTube analysis
Among 156 other interview videos tagged Tech pioneers & interviews, the mean is 1.9 distinct HN recommenders. This video has 0 distinct HN recommenders, below that mean. Recommendations span 0 distinct months; the peer average is 1.8 months. This is a data-derived comparison, not a human review or quality rating.
0% of its 5 labeled comments are marked as recommendations or strong recommendations. HN mention years are 2016–2026; 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
- TED
- Verified runtime
- Not verified in the current YouTube metadata
- YouTube upload date
- Not verified
- Hacker News mention years
- 2016–2026
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Mind Behind Linux | Linus Torvalds | TEDCurrent video | 0 | 0 | 0% | — | Not verified in the current YouTube metadata | Not verified |
| Jim Simons (full length interview) - Numberphileinterview · Numberphile2 | 11 | 13 | 70% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| VCF East: Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighaninterview · Vintage Computer Federation | 11 | 10 | 61% | No recorded overlap | Not verified | Not verified |
| Starbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 1 // Summer 2021]interview · Everyday Astronaut | 11 | 8 | 55% | 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 contextual reference in “Code is cheap. Show me the talk”. Its short rationale: Linus on Linux's growth and why he open sourced it.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “CSS sucks because we don't bother learning it (2022)”. Its short rationale: Source of Linus quote on being unable to do UI.
The archive classifies this as a contextual reference in “Modular C: Reusable and Maintainable Code Using the C Language (1994) [pdf]”. Its short rationale: Linus explains why double-indirect iteration is better.