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Ask HN: Any great talks you would like to share?
Yesterday I found this talk [1] on the origin of silicon valley in the defense industry, linked in a comment here [2], and couldn't help but sit through the entire thing in one go. So I wonder, what other great, freely available talks or lectures does HN know about?
Rules: Can be on any topic. Can be of any length. Ideally, should be a standalone talk.
[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo
[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12281207
- Tomte 10y agoIncredibly moving and informative talk about depression and its neurobiological symptoms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc
- cgdub 10y agoSimple Made Easy by Rich Hickey https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy
- lgas 10y agoI would say all of "Rich Hickey's Greatest Hits": https://changelog.com/rich-hickeys-greatest-hits/ https://changelog.com/rich-hickeys-greatest-hits/
- cuckcuckspruce 10y agoThe most important talk for anybody getting into business for themselves: "Fuck You, Pay Me"[1] by Mike Monterio. [1] https://vimeo.com/22053820 https://vimeo.com/22053820
- a-saleh 10y agoLets be mainstream by Evan Czaplicky Designer of Elm language talks about principles he used to create language as approachable as JavaScript but as type-safe as haskell. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYk8CKH7OhE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYk8CKH7OhE
- thelambentonion 10y agoEdward Kmett's talk on Monad Transformer Lenses is wonderful. He manages to pack an overwhelming amount of information into a relatively short period of time, and as a Haskell newbie it points out a lot of facets within the language I didn't know as well as I thought I did. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxcz23GOJqc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxcz23GOJqc
- hhandoko 10y ago"So you want to be a CTO?" [1] by Simon Raik-Allen, CTO of MYOB [2]. [1] https://youtu.be/CVLwFYBvX5I https://youtu.be/CVLwFYBvX5I [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYOB_(company) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYOB_(company) . Basically a provider of accounting software. A household name in Australia.
- cvs268 10y agoJiro dreams of Game Design - by Brenda Romero - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKW2ozlRRQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKW2ozlRRQ How to let your passion motivate you in developing great products (not just games).
- retrogradeorbit 10y agoSome of my favourite TED talks Trial, error and the God Complex - Tim Harford http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford Smart failure for a fast-changing world - Eddie Obeng https://www.ted.com/talks/eddie_obeng_smart_failure_for_a_fast_changing_world https://www.ted.com/talks/eddie_obeng_smart_failure_for_a_fa... How to make stress your friend - Kelly McGonigal https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress_your_friend https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress...
- saluki 10y ago@DHH Start Up School Talk 2008 The Secret to Making Money Online/A Secret to Making Money Online https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY Still my favorite talk.
- martiuk 10y agoFor pythonistas: Raymond Hettinger - Beyond PEP 8 -- Best practices for beautiful intelligible code - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M
- fosco 10y agoRandy Pausch - The Last Lecture [2007] its quite old now, but I still recommend it as a definite worthwhile listen! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo