Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2008, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2008, still worth watching: these 101 tech talks and lectures earned 371 recommendations across the years.
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14 mo on HNMicro Men - 720p (2009)
gimpymoo
Recommended 15× on HN · 2015–2026
12 mo on HNMechanical Computer (All Parts) - Basic Mechanisms In Fire Control Computers
Excelsior10000
Recommended 13× on HN · 2014–2025
12 mo on HNProject Code Rush - The Beginnings of Netscape / Mozilla Documentary
The Documentary Network
Recommended 13× on HN · 2015–2026
10 mo on HNAlphaGo - The Movie | Full award-winning documentary
Google DeepMind
Recommended 10× on HN · 2020–2025
8 mo on HNAT&T Archives: The UNIX Operating System
AT&T Tech Channel
Recommended 10× on HN · 2013–2026
8 mo on HNTempleOS | Down the Rabbit Hole
Fredrik Knudsen
Recommended 7× on HN · 2019–2022
8 mo on HNTrackers: The Sound of 16-Bit
Ahoy
Recommended 7× on HN · 2021–2026
7 mo on HNThis is Financial Advice
Folding Ideas
Recommended 9× on HN · 2023–2026
7 mo on HNWhy It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
Veritasium
Recommended 10× on HN · 2024–2026
6 mo on HNLine Goes Up – The Problem With NFTs
Folding Ideas
Recommended 12× on HN · 2022–2026
6 mo on HNThe Art of Making a Nixie Tube
Dalibor Farný
Recommended 6× on HN · 2017–2026
6 mo on HNApollo Guidance Computer Part 1: Restoring the computer that put man on the Moon
CuriousMarc
Recommended 8× on HN · 2019–2024
6 mo on HNMoleman 2 - Demoscene - The Art of the Algorithms (2012)
Vakondok (Moleman)
Recommended 6× on HN · 2015–2023
5 mo on HNJames Burke Connections, Ep. 4 "Faith in Numbers"
DRS_Education
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2026
6 mo on HNNotation Must Die: The Battle For How We Read Music
Tantacrul
Recommended 6× on HN · 2023–2026
5 mo on HNBuilding The World's First Computer - Greeks, Clocks and Rockets - Antikythera Mechanism Episode 1
Clickspring
Recommended 7× on HN · 2018–2024
4 mo on HNThe Spectacular Failure of the Star Wars Hotel
Jenny Nicholson
Recommended 4× on HN · 2024–2026
5 mo on HNThe man who almost faked his way to a Nobel Prize
BobbyBroccoli
Recommended 6× on HN · 2022–2023
5 mo on HNNetscape Mozilla Documentary 1998 - 2000 ProJect Code Rush - creative common licence
znoopy2k
Recommended 5× on HN · 2011–2013
4 mo on HNDisney's FastPass: A Complicated History
Defunctland
Recommended 7× on HN · 2021–2024
5 mo on HNUNIX: Making Computers Easier To Use -- AT&T Archives film from 1982, Bell Laboratories
AT&T Tech Channel
Recommended 6× on HN · 2015–2024
5 mo on HNMiniDisc - An Appreciation
Techmoan
Recommended 5× on HN · 2019–2023
4 mo on HN7 Minutes of Terror: The Challenges of Getting to Mars
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Recommended 5× on HN · 2016–2021
5 mo on HNGET LAMP: The Text Adventure Documentary
Google TechTalks
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2026
4 mo on HNDoomed: The Embers of Amiga FPS
Ahoy
Recommended 4× on HN · 2015–2017
5 mo on HNBitcoin - Unmasking Satoshi Nakamoto
Barely Sociable
Recommended 5× on HN · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNHow Prince of Persia Defeated Apple II's Memory Limitations | War Stories | Ars Technica
Ars Technica
Recommended 5× on HN · 2020–2026
4 mo on HNBBS The Documentary: Episode 1 of 8: BAUD (The Beginning)
Jason Scott
Recommended 4× on HN · 2019–2025
4 mo on HNJames Burke Legend Connections 1 The Trigger Effect
Tim Callinan
Recommended 4× on HN · 2022–2026
3 mo on HNHalf-Life 2: 20th Anniversary Documentary
Valve
Recommended 3× on HN · 2024–2025
4 mo on HNThe Fastest Maze-Solving Competition On Earth
Veritasium
Recommended 5× on HN · 2023–2024
4 mo on HNInside a Huge PCB Factory
Strange Parts
Recommended 4× on HN · 2018–2026
3 mo on HNThe REAL Story On Why Space Cadet Pinball Was Removed (ft. Windows on Itanium)
NCommander
Recommended 4× on HN · 2021–2024
3 mo on HNI BOUGHT A WHOLE CHURCH ORGAN - Part 1 The Organs Removal
LOOK MUM NO COMPUTER
Recommended 3× on HN · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNDerren Brown - The System (Full)
ScepticaTV
Recommended 3× on HN · 2013–2017
3 mo on HNThe Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz | full movie (2014)
moviemaniacsDE
Recommended 3× on HN · 2015–2026