Adam Something: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Carbon Capture Isn't Real", hN commenters cite it to argue carbon capture is a distraction from stopping emissions at the source.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2022–2024commentaryHN commenters cite it to argue carbon capture is a distraction from stopping emissions at the source.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2022–2024commentaryLinked in housing and urbanism threads as a fun, deliberately provocative case that dense blocks are better than their reputation.
- cited 3× 0 months 2021–2022commentaryCited as a concise critique of Hyperloop feasibility whenever the idea comes up.
- cited 6× 0 months 2022–2026commentaryHN cites it as the go-to debunk when gravity storage projects appear, usually by commenters who think the idea is a dud.
Questions
Which Adam Something video does Hacker News recommend most?
Carbon Capture Isn't Real: recommended in 3 different months by 3 HN users between 2022 and 2024.
Is this every Adam Something video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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