VICE: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "This Is What Winning Looks Like (Full Length)", recommended during Afghanistan withdrawal threads as a sobering look at why the transition to local forces was failing.
- 7 HN recommenders 8 months 2014–2023documentaryRecommended during Afghanistan withdrawal threads as a sobering look at why the transition to local forces was failing.
- 4 HN recommenders 4 months 2014–2023documentaryIt is linked in threads about the Lykov family as an on-location look at the environment they survived in.
- 3 HN recommenders 3 months 2013–2023documentaryHN commenters recommend it as a rare, eye-opening look inside North Korea, though one notes such tours are staged.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2018–2021documentaryCited as the canonical example of fake reviews and gamed rating platforms.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2014–2020documentaryHN uses it as a visual reference for hand-built firearms and craft gunsmithing, especially in threads on 3D-printed and home-made guns.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2016–2024documentaryHN mentions it as evidence that the Wim Hof method can be learned and as the documentary that led some to try breathing and cold exposure, while others dispute the claims.
Questions
Which VICE video does Hacker News recommend most?
This Is What Winning Looks Like (Full Length): recommended in 8 different months by 7 HN users between 2014 and 2023.
Is this every VICE 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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