Motherboard: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly", offered as a concrete, human example in right-to-repair discussions of how software lock-in affects expensive equipment.
- 3 HN recommenders 2 months 2018documentaryOffered as a concrete, human example in right-to-repair discussions of how software lock-in affects expensive equipment.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2017documentaryHN links it as a rare look inside a large Chinese mining operation, with its deafening machine noise and workers' conditions.
- cited 3× 0 months 2020–2021documentaryHN cites it in right-to-repair and EV battery discussions as an example of independent Tesla repair.
- cited 5× 0 months 2016documentaryHN rarely recommends it; it is mostly cited in critical threads on Soylent's quality control, including footage of a rodent at its warehouse.
Questions
Which Motherboard video does Hacker News recommend most?
Tractor Hacking: The Farmers Breaking Big Tech's Repair Monopoly: recommended in 2 different months by 3 HN users between 2018 and 2018.
Is this every Motherboard 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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