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Ask HN: What talks or videos do you suggest to watch on a long flight?
- jtmarmon 8y agoliterally anything by rich hickey. especially his presentations on Datomic
- unixhero 8y agoElevator hacking - 2 hour long walkthrough of elevator security and building security. So much fun in that one. Search for it on Youtube.
- lainga 8y agoBy the same guys who gave the talk on how common most physical keys were? That one was a blast, too. Wouldn't you know that a key which opens one Kone elevator opens EVERY Kone elevator...
- unixhero 8y agohttps://youtu.be/ZUvGfuLlZus https://youtu.be/ZUvGfuLlZus
- bouk 8y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHf1vD5_b5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHf1vD5_b5I
- unixhero 8y agoYes. That's the shorter censored versoion. I recommend the full 2 hour version, with all the secrets: https://youtu.be/ZUvGfuLlZus https://youtu.be/ZUvGfuLlZus My second favourite talk: You spent all that money and your still got owned: https://youtu.be/tJsNu0VRKYY https://youtu.be/tJsNu0VRKYY I even watch these again and again.
- TripleH 8y agoIt's kind of a classic, but I really enjoyed Richard Feynman lectures[0], especially on subjects I thought I knew well. [0] - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3mhkYbznBk&list=PLLzGzdSNup63lMYeOpU9Hax6MBsTjdDas https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3mhkYbznBk&list=PLLzGzdSNup...
- thatcherc 8y agoAlso reading Feynman's Lectures on Physics [0]. He presents loads of topics in a way that I think captures a lot of the beauty and cleverness of physics while focusing more on building intuition and understanding than on specific math techniques that often come up in physics courses. I think they're a good way to learn about physics without a ton of background. I also find they're nice to read when studying for my physics exams, just because of Feynman's unique approach to teaching. [0] - http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/index.html http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/index.html
- bmcusick 8y agoSnakes on a Plane
- rorykoehler 8y agoJeremy Rifkin 3rd industrial age talk https://youtu.be/QX3M8Ka9vUA https://youtu.be/QX3M8Ka9vUA
- bronco21016 8y agoI think there was some good info in there but I also couldn’t help thinking ‘this guy is just lumping together all of the tech buzzwords of the last 2 years’.
- rorykoehler 8y agoThis guy is a chief architect of both the EU and Chinese plans for the coming years. His words weigh more than the average speakers.
- NVRM 8y agoThe Flight channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXh6VKhioaeEaMQasii7IfQ/videos https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXh6VKhioaeEaMQasii7IfQ/vid...
- gargarplex 8y agowrite a complete program with pen and paper
- napsterbr 8y agoReminded me of college, when we had to write several pages of assembly code (that was 6 years ago). Fun exercise, not so much when your grade depends on it.
- hotdog97 8y agoYou really wish for a paranthesis counting pen when you have to write pages and pages of LISP (I think it was Common Lisp in our case) on paper for an exam.
- mikestew 8y agoI've done that for a living; I don't care to repeat it, I like my "interactive terminal".
- jason_slack 8y agoI use an iPad and Apple Pencil but I enjoy working by hand to test my skills.
- maxxxxx 8y agoOr mine a few bitcoins with pen and paper. That should keep you busy for a while.
- AlexCoventry 8y agoThe last few flights I've been on have had electrical outlets, which allowed me to compute as normal.
- jchw 8y agoThe Ultimate Gameboy Talk from 33c3 is a good one if you haven't already watched it. Frankly a large amount of CCC videos would also fit the bill.
- baby 8y agoGet the coursera app and download a week worth of courses.
- bdz 8y agoHarvard digital photography course, all (12) lectures are on Youtube http://digitalphotography.exposed/#schedule http://digitalphotography.exposed/#schedule
- KirinDave 8y agoThis is a talk by Professor Fritz Henglein about how to sort general datasets in linear time. Most people in industry do not believe this is possible, but it's actually part of a family of well-researched techniques. https://youtu.be/sz9ZlZIRDAg https://youtu.be/sz9ZlZIRDAg
- AlexCoventry 8y agoActually linear, or O(n log n)?
- KirinDave 8y agoActually linear. O(n) + k. Check my submission history. I keep trying to show people this work. Sadly, it never seems to take to a wide audience. As a consequence, selective joins across 2 fields are also linear time.
- AlexCoventry 8y agoInteresting. Can you point me at the timestamp or a paper which shows the algorithm?
- KirinDave 8y agoIt's complicated enough that you should just watch the whole talk. The paper is 90 pages.
- AlexCoventry 8y agoIt's been six years since the talk... Why hasn't someone drilled down through all the irrelevant typing goo, and shown how to sort integers in linear time? Where does the standard proof that optimal algorithms are Ω(n log n) break?
- KirinDave 8y ago
- royalharsh95 8y agoFinal Destination
- mastax 8y ago"Breakthrough in Nuclear Fusion?" - Professor Dennis Whyte. https://youtu.be/KkpqA8yG9T4 https://youtu.be/KkpqA8yG9T4 The title threw me off, but it's a very interesting and grounded talk about the different approaches to scaling fusion energy.
- Ologn 8y agoFor that long time period you might want to watch "A Glorious Accident". Wim Kazyer sits down with Daniel Dennett, Freeman Dyson, Stephen Jay Gould, Oliver Sacks and Stephen Toulmin (and Rupert Sheldrake) to do one-on-one interviews. Then all of them sit down together for 3 1/2 hours at a round table and have a wide-ranging discussion. Wim Kazyer acts as a kind of moderator, Rupert Sheldrake, who has written books like "The Science Delusion" acts as a kind of antagonist.
- scrollaway 8y agoI've started watching Raymond Hettinger's talks lately. He's a core dev on Python. I love them, the guy is charismatic, very smart and his Python knowledge constantly impresses me. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRVdut2KPAguz3xcd22i_o_onnmDKj3MA https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLRVdut2KPAguz3xcd22i_... My favourite: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zinZmE3Ogk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zinZmE3Ogk
- eric24234 8y agoThis is cool. I really love these type of posts where the people under discussion is not in the main stream but should have been popular in programming groups. John Carmack talks also is of that type. Very charismatic and delivers his speech standing at the same place with minimal movement for over an hour and talking from the fundamentals to the extreme details of the topics.
- everdev 8y agoWild, Wild Country on Netflix
- replies_to_all 8y agoDo some fucking work you slob.
- cranjice 8y agoFight Club
- acobster 8y agoI found Stephen Wolfram's talks about complexity and computation extremely rewarding. https://youtu.be/cbu_bCQ2Lkg https://youtu.be/cbu_bCQ2Lkg https://youtu.be/_eC14GonZnU https://youtu.be/_eC14GonZnU
- Kerrick 8y agoYehuda Katz - Endurance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYihop9gHj4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYihop9gHj4
- pro_zac 8y agoI'm a huge fan of the series of Ultimate talks from C3 conferences. The Ultimate Game Boy Talk https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8029-the_ultimate_game_boy_talk https://media.ccc.de/v/33c3-8029-the_ultimate_game_boy_talk The Ultimate Apollo Guidance Computer Talk https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9064-the_ultimate_apollo_guidance_computer_talk https://media.ccc.de/v/34c3-9064-the_ultimate_apollo_guidanc... The Ultimate Atari 2600 Talk https://media.ccc.de/v/28c3-4711-en-the_atari_2600_video_computer_system_the_ultimate_talk https://media.ccc.de/v/28c3-4711-en-the_atari_2600_video_com... More here:(Commodore 64, Amiga 500, etc.) https://media.ccc.de/search/?q=ultimate https://media.ccc.de/search/?q=ultimate
- taf2 8y agoGrubby playing Warcraft 3! Let your brain rest
- pretty_bubbles 8y agoI usually read long articles I have saved in Pocket.
- wnissen 8y agoNetflix now lets you download many (most?) of their films, I always get some documentaries and fictional shows of my destination. For France I watched a documentary on the national soccer team and a comedy special by Jacky Bloom.
- Timpy 8y agoI like Hello Internet https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwez9XDNV_wS0WNDZteXjgw https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwez9XDNV_wS0WNDZteXjgw It's in the genre of "two dudes talking" podcasts, but technology and futurology are some of the topics they touch on often.
- wymy 8y agoIf you enjoy history, check out Dan Carlin's Hardcore History series on WWI, "Blueprint for Armageddon." About 20+ hours of content. https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-blueprint-for-armageddon-i/ https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-50-bluepr...
- jessewmc 8y agoThe History of Rome is another history podcast among the all time greats of the medium I think, worth checking out.
- JadeNB 8y agoLink: http://thehistoryofrome.com/episodes http://thehistoryofrome.com/episodes .
- dustinupdyke 8y agoGhosts of the Ostfront is no less well done. https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-ghosts-ostfront-series/ https://www.dancarlin.com/product/hardcore-history-ghosts-os...
- evanb 8y agoThere's also the totally inspired spoof, Hardcore Game of Thrones: http://howl.fm/audio/playlists/4156/hardcore-game-of-thrones http://howl.fm/audio/playlists/4156/hardcore-game-of-thrones
- kkotak 8y agoTwo other great history reads are - 1. The Great Game - by Peter Hopkirk 2. A History of the English-Speaking Peoples - by Winston Churchill
- onemoresoop 8y agoBracing for Impact: True Tales of Air Disasters and the People Who Survived Them (paperback version)
- _nrvs 8y agoThis is a great resource: https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks https://github.com/JanVanRyswyck/awesome-talks
- PakG1 8y agoAnother one of those threads that causes intense navel-gazing, shame, and mounting disgust in my gut for myself as I realize that everyone around me is working hard to better themselves while I just binge-watch movies.... and then my eyes glaze over as I mollify myself with the movies until I forget that this thread exists.
- golergka 8y agoGood movies are nothing to be ashamed of. While you may not be learning new facts about science and tech, you're interacting with different emotional models and stories depicting human interactions. Awhile ago I saw research confirming the link between watching a lot of movies and increase in emotional intellect (same people, over time), but I can't google it up now.
- skoocda 8y agoThis paper, perchance? [0] [0] https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282328265_Fiction_and_Social_Cognition_The_Effect_of_Viewing_Award-Winning_Television_Dramas_on_Theory_of_Mind https://www.researchgate.net/publication/282328265_Fiction_a...
- sotojuan 8y agoA bit cynical, but my guess is the vast majority of people forcing themselves to consume productive media are not retaining anything and just don't want to feel like they're wasting time. And as the sibling comment said, nothing wrong with a good movie. Enjoy your life.
- sridca 8y agoThis. Curiosity should be the driving factor, not a moral injunction on oneself.
- byebyetech 8y agoLife is short, enjoy your time watching movies. I have wasted a lot of time being busy (reading non-fiction, TED talks etc) that did not translate into any noticeable self improvement or progress in my life. I have feeling a lot of people makes that mistake too.
- eigenvalue 8y agoIf you are interested in machine learning, I thought this was a very thought provoking lecture: https://youtu.be/N5oZIO8pE40 https://youtu.be/N5oZIO8pE40
- lcuff 8y agoIt won't take up a whole long flight, but one of the best TED talks ever is Jill Bolte Taylor's talk. She's a neuro-anatomist who had a stroke and reports from the inside about what goes on, with significant implications for what kind of choices we make in life: https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_stroke_of_insight https://www.ted.com/talks/jill_bolte_taylor_s_powerful_strok...
- s_kilk 8y agoAll three parts of Adam Curtis's "All Watched Over By Machines Of Loving Grace"
- LarryDarrell 8y agoOld episodes of the Computer Chronicles: https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerChroniclesYT https://www.youtube.com/user/ComputerChroniclesYT
- crispyambulance 8y agoKung Fu movies. Seriously. Jackie Chan, Bruce Lee, whatever. You need something engaging but not too mentally taxing while under the influence of jet lag. What could be better than the righteous grist of King Fu movies involving good guys and bad guys duking it out?
- Al-Khwarizmi 8y agoA kindred spirit. I always spend long flights watching martial arts movies and drinking tomato juice. I'm too uncomfortable and tired on flights to do anything productive.
- factotvm 8y agoYou might be more comfortable if you drank a less salty drink.
- crispyambulance 8y agoI don't know what it is about tomato juice and airlines. The only place I _ever_ see anyone drinking straight-up tomato juice is on flights!
- Al-Khwarizmi 8y agoIt is quite well documented (I think at least a couple of studies have been made) that tomato juice is one of the few things that actually taste better on airplanes. The low pressure and high noise level affects how we perceive flavors. https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-investigates-the-science-of-airline-food/a-6114748 https://www.dw.com/en/lufthansa-investigates-the-science-of-... https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/airlines-airports/why-tomato-juice-tastes-better-on-airplane https://www.travelandleisure.com/travel-tips/airlines-airpor... I would never buy tomato juice at home, but I drink a lot of it on planes. If you have never tried it on a plane maybe you should!
- ddingus 8y agoIt tastes great! And having a savory drink seems somehow more satisfying on a flight. Bonus, if you like bloody mary mixer. That, on ice is wonderfully complex, and contrasts nicely with the bland airplane atmosphere.
- swlkr 8y agoI always suggest this https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy
- pdkl95 8y agoAnybody even remotely involved in designing anyth9ing connected to a network should watch Raph Koster's GDC talk about the ethical issues involved in developing AR and VR games. Except it's not really about "games" as we usually use the term. "Twitter" is a "virtual world"/MMO where they only bothered to built the chat feature. This is really about the ethics and responsibilities that come with managing social spaces or infrastructure that people use to interact socially (which necessarily includes the problems that humans always have). The MMOs (and the MUDs/etc before 0them) have been working on these problems for decades. That doesn't mean they have the solution, but that experience does include a lot of lessons about what not to do; far too many projects are choosing to learn those lessons the hard way. http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024060/Still-Logged-In-What-AR http://www.gdcvault.com/play/1024060/Still-Logged-In-What-AR
- gluelogic 8y agoAwesome. I've been intending to look for writings and talks by Raph Koster lately. For unaware readers: he was the lead designer for Ultima Online.
- Raph_Koster 8y agoAll of my talks are linked from here: https://www.raphkoster.com/games/presentations/ https://www.raphkoster.com/games/presentations/ Most of my writings are on that site as well. I just recently put out a new book including postmortem material on Ultima Online and other games. Should be front page on the blog.
- adrice727 8y agoTerence McKenna's lectures from the Earth Trust Foundation conference are really great, if you're into that sort of thing. There are four parts, totaling ~6.5 hours. https://archive.org/details/PsychedeliaRawArchivesOfTerenceMckennaTalks/EarthTrust1.mp3 https://archive.org/details/PsychedeliaRawArchivesOfTerenceM...
- girzel 8y agoI can't do anything productive or mentally taxing on long flights, I don't know if it's the air pressure or premature jetlag or what, but I have a very hard time exercising my will. What I do enjoy, though (in addition to the Marvel comics movies – I only watch them on planes) is reading documentation. It's a great time to sit down with an in-depth manual and just soak up information you didn't have before. You don't have to do anything, or make anything, you just learn how something works. Another related activity is reading a bunch of code that I know I'll be working on in the near future. There's something very pleasurable about absorbing a codebase while at the same time completely excusing myself from actually doing anything.
- jason_slack 8y agoI feel you. I can read books and watch movies on a plane and that is about all. My last flight I read about new c++17 features.
- deminature 8y agoI've experienced the same thing. I had planned to spend a 14hr flight gaming and after 4hrs, had neither the ability not will to continue. I'm completely uninformed on the subject, but wondered whether it was the effect of a thinner atmosphere on cognitive abilities.
- nickporter 8y agoSame here. I think it's because most of the time, I have to get up early to catch a flight and I don't get enough sleep.
- DoofusOfDeath 8y agoFor 5-6 hour flights, it's usually a combination of things for me: - Videos related to whatever technology will be pertinent at the meeting I'm flying in for. - Distraction movies: Bourne Identity, etc. - Anime I'm currently binge-watching. - Games on my phone. - Printed technical articles I've been procrastinating about reading. Honestly, how virtuous/edifying my in-flight activities are depends on how much sleep I got the night before. This is one reason I dislike early-morning flights - they leav me zonked and unable to make good use of my in-flight solitude. Side note: On Android, I just discovered "Movies Anywhere". It was a great tool for downloading DRM's movies/shows for my last trip.
- dustingetz 8y agoRead
- 7373737373 8y agoI found these great brain anatomy lectures (WARNING, real brains!): https://library.med.utah.edu/neurologicexam/html/brain-dissections.html https://library.med.utah.edu/neurologicexam/html/brain-disse...
- samrohn778 8y agoif you like interviews, then check out these podcasts: How I built this Masters of scale Akimbo Software engineering daily
- sdf43543t345 8y agoI like to watch the map that shows the where the plane is. As the agony of travel bares on after hour and hour, you watch as you get closer closer to escaping your hellish existence in a tin can at 30k feet.
- coldtea 8y ago>As the agony of travel bares on after hour and hour What agony? >you watch as you get closer closer to escaping your hellish existence in a tin can at 30k feet Might as well bring some paint, to watch it dry...
- derekp7 8y agoThe agony is from body aches from sitting in an uncomfortable chair and not getting physical movement for a few hours.
- coldtea 8y ago>The agony is from body aches from sitting in an uncomfortable chair and not getting physical movement for a few hours. That sounds no different from my regular day at the office -- except that even cross-atlantic flights are shorter.
- wierd0 8y agoI look at the map then take a sip of whiskey. Map, whiskey. Then I suck the last of the whiskey from the ice cubes while cracking open another bottle. Map, whiskey. Day dream a little. Ding! Ladies and gentlemen...
- seattle_spring 8y agoThe entire Bojack Horseman series on Netflix.
- 7373737373 8y agoThis talk, by a DARPA project manager on brain computer interfaces: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVuSHjeh1Os https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PVuSHjeh1Os
- petercooper 8y agoIt might be a good opportunity to close your eyes and listen to many of the amazing (but nearly always way too long, IMHO) interviews available on developer podcasts like Software Engineering Daily, Microsoft Research, Hanselminutes, IndieHackers, etc. You get to listen to some great conversations and if you fall asleep, it's a bonus!
- Biba89 8y agoCourse in miracles: https://youtu.be/nrmFlDpeF-k https://youtu.be/nrmFlDpeF-k
- murkle 8y agoRichard Hamming "The Art of doing Science and Engineering" https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2FF649D0C4407B30
- TaylorAlexander 8y agoI really enjoy this Noam Chomsky interview on automation and the structure of society, and find it highly relevant today. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h_x0Y3FqkEI https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=h_x0Y3FqkEI I also enjoyed the documentary Black Power Mixtape 1967-1975, which can be found on torrent sites. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Power_Mixtape_1967–1975 https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Power_Mixtape_1967...
- mcprwklzpq 8y agoThere is this youtube channel that regularly uploads short excerpts of Chomsky speaking on particular topics. Chomsky's Philosophy https://www.youtube.com/user/chomskysphilosophy https://www.youtube.com/user/chomskysphilosophy And this channel did a great compilation that introduces to all Chomsky's works. Table of contents is in the video description. Topics are: War, State Power, and American Exceptionalism. Capitalism, Neoliberalism, and Corporate Propaganda. Anarchism, Libertarian Socialism, and Classical Liberalism. Science, Philosophy, and Language. Noam Chomsky - The Essentials https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1umiaNjOinE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1umiaNjOinE
- hangonhn 8y agoWatch something you normally wouldn't watch if you had a choice but might find interesting. It's a good way to force yourself out of your comfort zone.
- spitfire 8y agoAirplane.
- coolkarni 8y agoI know this is not answering the question from the poster but I found meditation very helpful during my recent 15 hours flight. It is very rare to find such a long time alone in an almost quite and non-stimulating environment. Getting meals served to you on your seat and knowing that you are stuck here for next many hours takes away the planning ahead part of the head. I found it easier to be with my breath and thoughts. I also drifted in and out of sleep during this time and felt very relaxed. It helped me upon landing to minimize effects of Jet lag. I believe it was more helpful than any talk or video and could also help getting some good insights.
- kovek 8y agoI'd like to add that my morning 1-2 hour commute is much more enjoyable if I do some exercise before it. If not, I have trouble staying put/sleeping/concentrating on work/meditating, etc. Also, someone recommended to me recently to get a massage before a flight. I'll try that next time.
- metabagel 8y agoIf you have an iPad, play FTL. It'll make the time zip by. http://subsetgames.com/ftl.html http://subsetgames.com/ftl.html
- SurrealSoul 8y agoI am currently studying a language so long flights are just the perfect time to "quiz myself" in that language. Either by flash-card videos or un-subtitled dubs of a movie in that language
- le3dh4x0r 8y agoWhich language exactly? I am currently studying kanji with anki during my commute.
- SurrealSoul 8y agoI am studying mandarin, I could probably be using my time doing some writing in my commute. I use a plethora of apps / download youtube videos / rosetta stone
- joshuaheard 8y agoTo answer your question, Jordan Peterson's video lectures series, "Maps of Meaning" (You would need internet access to YouTube). For long flights, I buy magazines in the airport shop (Wired and Scientific American). I also have my music collection on Spotify on my phone with wireless Bose headphones to listen to. Also, several books on Kindle on my phone (now reading "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind"). Don't forget a spare battery. Or, sometimes I check the plane's movie list for a new release I haven't seen and watch that.
- johnsonjo 8y agoJust as a side note for all these wonderful youtube resources. You can use this recently discussed tool on hacker news [0] youtube-dl [1] for downloading youtube videos. There's also this video transcoder Handbrake [2] that uses ffmpeg [3] under the hood if the previous tool spits out a video in a format that is not specifically mkv or mp4 (whichever of those two you prefer). [0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17460060 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17460060 [1]: https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/ https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl/ [2]: https://handbrake.fr/ https://handbrake.fr/ [3]: https://ffmpeg.org/ https://ffmpeg.org/
- chrisbennet 8y agoI like to listen to the "Coding Blocks" pad cast on long drives (most every weekend). They go over a book like "Clean Code"[1] a chapter at a time and distill the high points in an entertaining fashion. [1] by Robert C. Martin (aka "uncle Bob")
- Maultasche 8y agoI love the Coding Blocks podcast. It's one of my favorites. I also recommend Developer Tea.
- chrisbennet 8y agoDeveloper Tea eh? I'll check that out.
- Syzygies 8y agoTalking Machines https://www.thetalkingmachines.com/ https://www.thetalkingmachines.com/ Human Conversations about Machine Learning Podcasts are better for flying. You can close your eyes, and if you don't stay awake, all the better.
- mattbierner 8y agoHurtling through the air, surrounded by 200+ of the most fascinating and complex entities in the universe—fellow beings who share many of my hopes and fears—I always end up watching Batman vs Superman
- mcprwklzpq 8y agoNever had a mindset to understand what sometimes are they talking about in humanities. Recently found this series of short and clear leactures on many of such topics. Philosophy of the Humanities https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeStI124dee1ByfcDzRvPxKDNb0GQjmo https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLPeStI124dee1ByfcDzRv... Then this huge series of lectures on western philosophy introduces to a lot of ideas about everything. Can listen anytime. Arthur Holmes: A History of Philosophy https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9GwT4_YRZdBf9nIUHs0zjrnUVl-KBNSM https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9GwT4_YRZdBf9nIUHs0z... Then this category theory keeps popping up everywhere, completly incomprehensible, seems like mathematicians are gone mad. I found that this lectures help like no others to catch up to them. Category theory for programmers by Bartosz Milewski https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI7FMa2HsnawM_ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbgaMIhjbmEnaH_LTkxLI...
- wenc 8y agoI'm one of those people who are slightly susceptible to motion sickness, so I can't do anything that requires intense focus on an airplane. My two go-tos are: 1) Noisli - white noise app to help me sleep. 2) BBC's Sherlock - the slickness of the production values keeps me engaged. I find I'm more productive when I land if I don't try too hard to be productive on the flight.
- Exuma 8y agoMy favorite video of all time: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FITJMJjASUs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FITJMJjASUs
- samirm 8y agoread a book
- mabynogy 8y agoA serie like The Handmaid's Tale.
- santoshmaharshi 8y agoI mostly use a very long form podcast like Joe Rogen, Sam Harris, or videos hosted on Internet Archives.
- dpeck 8y agoSplit my time between documentaries that can be downloaded from Netflix, usually of middling quality, and whatever audiobook caught my attention in the days before flight. Being a bigger guy, unless I get the upgrade I can’t do anything with a keyboard so doing much productive is out of the question. Recent highlights have been Sour Grapes and the Rotten series on Netflix, and Ray Dalits Principles on Audible.
- fenesiistvan 8y agoOne more flight, and I will be an expert in javascript. At least theorically, since I never wrote a single line of js code ...i can only read books while on flight, but not to code.
- tmaly 8y agoI would recommend the audio book of Thinking Fast and Slow. I have been listening to it during my commute and it is fascinating.