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Show HN: HackerTV – HN's most-recommended Youtube videos as 24/7 TV channels(hackertv.org)
462 points by dsalzman 8 days ago | 80 comments
tl;dr: HackerTV streams YouTube videos most frequently recommended in Hacker News comments as always-on themed channels. The catalog is seeded from HackerTube (ODC-By licensed) and refreshed weekly by pulling new HN comments via the HN Search API, then filtered and categorized using Claude.
HN Discussion:
  • ↑Enthusiastic praise for the project as more enjoyable and better than expected
  • •Suggests publishing source code or prompts for transparency and reuse
  • ~Constructive usability feedback about channel navigation direction
  • ↑Shares related/derivative projects building on similar ideas
  • ↑Appreciates surfacing unexpected or interesting content via channel surfing