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Ask HN: What are the best computing-related videos you've watched recently?
Everyone talks about books and sites they read all the time, but I barely ever see videos talked about on HN, despite videos containing some of the most interesting (and, unlike text, unsearchable) bits of computing history, information and anecdotes.
- kick 7y agoTwo of the most interesting ones I've seen this year: Brian Kernighan (of K&R fame, and much more) interviewing Ken Thompson (initial author of UNIX, though you probably already knew both of these): lots of interesting anecdotes, like getting a chess machine seized by the US government: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EY6q5dv_B-o Drew DeVault, (sway/sr.ht/much more author) hacking on his Wayland VR desktop inside of his Wayland VR desktop (don't believe the people who say you can't do programming inside of VR yet!): https://spacepub.space/videos/watch/f60bee0e-31d3-4aca-9e49-6fcdc87ad40d https://spacepub.space/videos/watch/f60bee0e-31d3-4aca-9e49-... NB. the second video is on a PeerTube instance. PeerTube is a federated and decentralized YouTube alternative.
- pergadad 7y agoThe second video is truly impressive. On the other hand I'm getting a bit scared for the expectations for the average office worker 10-20 years from now.
- helph67 7y agoThe following documentary is an important record of the early days of the BBS/comms world of computing. Particularly as in most cases it includes interviews with the individuals responsible for creating so many of the standards used. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBS:_The_Documentary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/BBS:_The_Documentary
- vo2maxer 7y agoThe BBS documentary site notes that they are completely sold out [0] but I found one in eBay [1]. [0] http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ http://www.bbsdocumentary.com/ [1] https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F274011661146 https://rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.eb...
- mtmail 7y agoI watched the old https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles https://archive.org/details/computerchronicles a while back. First reactions on Windows 3.0 or the Pentium, discussing different flavors of Unix, calling anything that fits onto a desk a micro computer. And any interview with https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Kildall may he rest in peace.
- ArtWomb 7y agoQuantum supremacy using a programmable superconducting processor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklMpRiTeTA https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FklMpRiTeTA
- valand 7y agoCan't wait for the change Quantum computing will bring to humanity
- meatsock 7y agocuriousmarc's videos on repairing an apollo guidance computer. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdlisi_x7-Ut_-w7 https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-_93BVApb59FWrLZfdli...
- ACE_Recliner 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8d77KV__gI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q8d77KV__gI Peristent Virtual Memory in the Great New Operating System In The Sky -- probably the only video on YouTube talking about KeyKOS besides Norm Hardy's ocap talk in 2017. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEDCXTpx0R8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEDCXTpx0R8 OCAP 2017 Keynote Norm Hardy -- Much oral history about KeyKOS and successor systems by Norm Hardy (sadly now deceased), who was one of the main originators of them. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVm938gMWl0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVm938gMWl0 RustConf 2017 -- Closing Keynote: Safe Systems Software and the Future of Computing by Joe Duffy -- Joe Duffy's retrospective talk on the Midori project at RustConf 2017. There's a lot of stuff out there, but I thought I would drop these three in particular because they don't have particularly high viewership compared to their historical value as anecdotes.
- cjbprime 7y agoInfosec CTF walkthroughs e.g. https://youtu.be/ozqOlUVKL1s https://youtu.be/ozqOlUVKL1s
- khoacao 7y agoAnything by Bret Victor. Inventing on Principle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QiPFmIMxFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QiPFmIMxFc Future of Programming: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pTEmbeENF4
- GoodDreams 7y agoGood explanations of low-level computing by Ben Eater https://m.youtube.com/user/eaterbc/playlists https://m.youtube.com/user/eaterbc/playlists
- slifin 7y agoHow to be agile: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtkouFS-GSQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtkouFS-GSQ Inventing on Principle: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QiPFmIMxFc https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8QiPFmIMxFc REST/GraphQL alternative: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS3i3DTUnAI https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS3i3DTUnAI
- fold_left 7y agoDavid Khourshid - The Visual Future Of Reactive Applications With Statecharts: https://youtu.be/o84Xw8qiTCw https://youtu.be/o84Xw8qiTCw
- snidane 7y agoLean and Functional programming. Especially the first part where he explains history of lean during and after WW2. https://youtu.be/5s55LA2Renc https://youtu.be/5s55LA2Renc
- kratom_sandwich 7y agoNot an instructional video, but I rewatch the Facemesh scene from "The Social Network" over and over: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSKoVsHs_Ko https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VSKoVsHs_Ko IMO, everything about this scene is fantastic, starting with the fact that the bits of text are taken from actual court proceedings.
- valand 7y agohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh9WXPu0hw8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fh9WXPu0hw8
- farrelmahaztra 7y agoAn excellent conference video explaining the event loop in Javascript (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aGhZQkoFbQ)