Tech talks
Best Tech Talks 2008, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2008, still worth watching: these 387 tech talks and lectures earned 1364 recommendations across the years.
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4 mo on HNAttention Is All You Need
Yannic Kilcher
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNThis is why we can't have nice things
Veritasium
Recommended 4× on HN · 2021–2024
4 mo on HNThe medical test paradox, and redesigning Bayes' rule
3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2025
4 mo on HNDebt Metaphor
Ward Cunningham
Recommended 3× on HN · 2009–2023
4 mo on HNAtari's Quadrascan Explained
Retro Game Mechanics Explained
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2026
4 mo on HNe^(iπ) in 3.14 minutes, using dynamics | DE5
3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2021
4 mo on HNHow is this Website so fast!?
Wes Bos
Recommended 4× on HN · 2024–2025
3 mo on HNFantastic Quaternions - Numberphile
Numberphile
Recommended 3× on HN · 2016–2018
3 mo on HNThe $200M Machine that Prints Microchips: The EUV Photolithography System
Branch Education
Recommended 3× on HN · 2025–2026
4 mo on HNHow a transistor works
Ben Eater
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNCD / Color
Captain Disillusion
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2021
4 mo on HNSurface-Stable Fractal Dithering Explained
runevision
Recommended 3× on HN · 2025–2026
3 mo on HNBackpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3
3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2017–2024
4 mo on HNIs AI Safety a Pascal's Mugging?
Robert Miles AI Safety
Recommended 3× on HN · 2019–2026
4 mo on HNHow our voting system (and IRV) betrays your favourite candidate
The Center for Election Science
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2023
3 mo on HNPi hiding in prime regularities
3Blue1Brown
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2019
3 mo on HNTraining AI Without Writing A Reward Function, with Reward Modelling
Robert Miles AI Safety
Recommended 3× on HN · 2019–2023
3 mo on HNSegmented Displays
Posy
Recommended 3× on HN · 2023–2026
3 mo on HNWalls, Floors, & Ceilings
UncommentatedPannen
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2018
4 mo on HNFlaw in the Enigma Code - Numberphile
Numberphile
Recommended 4× on HN · 2013–2025
4 mo on HNThe Only Safe Phone Is One Even the Police Can't Unlock
CGP Grey
Recommended 4× on HN · 2016–2025
3 mo on HNGraham's Number - Numberphile
Numberphile
Recommended 4× on HN · 2013–2024
4 mo on HNNumberphile v. Math: the truth about 1+2+3+...=-1/12
Mathologer
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2023
4 mo on HNThe Zipf Mystery
Vsauce
Recommended 4× on HN · 2018–2024
3 mo on HNComputer Scientist Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED
WIRED
Recommended 3× on HN · 2022–2026
4 mo on HNWhy SpaceX is Making Starlink
Real Engineering
Recommended 4× on HN · 2019–2020
3 mo on HN7 Minutes of Terror: Curiosity Rover's Risky Mars Landing | Video
VideoFromSpace
Recommended 3× on HN · 2017–2021
4 mo on HNXanadu Basics 1a - VISIBLE CONNECTION
TheTedNelson
Recommended 3× on HN · 2018–2021
3 mo on HNWhy do competitors open their stores next to one another? - Jac de Haan
TED-Ed
Recommended 3× on HN · 2015–2025
3 mo on HNThe Most Underrated Algorithm
Veritasium
Recommended 5× on HN · 2022–2024
3 mo on HNAnagrams, but where you can break apart letters: "Anagraphs"
suckerpinch
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2023
4 mo on HNTimes Tables, Mandelbrot and the Heart of Mathematics
Mathologer
Recommended 4× on HN · 2017–2023
4 mo on HNRandomness is Random - Numberphile
Numberphile
Recommended 4× on HN · 2019–2022
3 mo on HNHow We’re Fooled By Statistics
Veritasium
Recommended 3× on HN · 2014–2025
3 mo on HNSuperpositions, Sudoku, the Wave Function Collapse algorithm.
Martin Donald
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2022
3 mo on HNGaslighting Your Fans w/ Dolby ATMOS™
Benn Jordan
Recommended 4× on HN · 2023–2024