THE VIDEO SHELF · shipping regulation loophole
Canada's 100-Foot Freight Railway To Nowhere
A short, sarcastic Half as Interesting video about a tiny freight railway in Canada built to exploit a shipping regulation loophole. It explains how a track just 100 feet long counted as a railway.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends the channel for short, wry videos on obscure topics, and this one is cited as an example of gaming rules via a loophole.
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Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- Half as Interesting
- Topic
- shipping regulation loophole
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2022–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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There was a video earlier this month on Half As Interesting about this railway: [VIDEO] HAI makes interesting, short, sarcastic videos about obscure topics that HNers will probably enjoy.
krallja on Hacker News · 2022-02
In 200-foot-long railway to nowhere is a brilliant shipping loopholeI liked this short video from "Half as interesting" on Youtube on the railway itself if you're looking for a video on the subject. [0] [VIDEO]
AntonyGarand on Hacker News · 2023-05
In Absurd 200-Foot ‘Railway’ Demolished After Court Closes Shipping Loophole
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