Comment by idiotsecant
2 days ago
Somehow YouTube inserted this video into my feed when it had an extremely small number of views. I am not a compass technology fan or outdoor orienteering person or anything, but I do like novel and elegant technology. People complain about the YouTube algorithm but it's actually pretty good most of the time, I think.
It's possible that you got the recommendation because other people with similar interests to you were following the link posted on HN.
Yeah it came up on my feed four days ago.
Sometimes it's pretty great and pops a video with only a few views into my feed that totally fits my interests. Sometimes my entire feed is Kitchen Nightmares episodes because I happened to watch one or two yesterday.