Denis Shiryaev: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "[4k, 60 fps] San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906", cited in threads on cars, streets and urbanism as evidence of how mixed traffic worked before cars took over.
- 3 HN recommenders 4 months 2020–2023videoCited in threads on cars, streets and urbanism as evidence of how mixed traffic worked before cars took over.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2023demoHN commenters share it as a favorite example of upscaled vintage footage that makes the early 1900s feel present, though some find the colorization off.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2020–2024demoHN points to it as an impressive example of ML-based video restoration, and as the test case in the debate over whether upscaling historical footage is respectful or misleading.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2020–2024videoHN cites it for the look of pre-car city streets, with pedestrians moving freely among carriages, and as an example of AI film restoration.
Questions
Which Denis Shiryaev video does Hacker News recommend most?
[4k, 60 fps] San Francisco, a Trip down Market Street, April 14, 1906: recommended in 4 different months by 3 HN users between 2020 and 2023.
Is this every Denis Shiryaev 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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