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Best Tech Talks 2017, Ranked by Hacker News

First recommended on Hacker News in 2017, still worth watching: these 53 tech talks and lectures earned 198 recommendations across the years.

‹ 20162018 ›All tech talks
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12 mo on HN

How Self-Driving Cars will Destroy Cities (and what to do about it)

Not Just Bikes
Recommended 17× on HN · 2024–2026
11 mo on HN

This Is Phil Fish

Innuendo Studios
Recommended 5× on HN · 2014–2025
9 mo on HN

Object-Oriented Programming is Bad

Brian Will
Recommended 13× on HN · 2016–2025
9 mo on HN

This Video Is Sponsored By ███ VPN

Tom Scott
Recommended 9× on HN · 2019–2026
8 mo on HN

Music Software & Bad Interface Design: Avid’s Sibelius

Tantacrul
Recommended 8× on HN · 2019–2026
8 mo on HN

VidMe or Why Platforms Aren't Your Friends

Folding Ideas
Recommended 8× on HN · 2017–2023
7 mo on HN

Incels | ContraPoints

ContraPoints
Recommended 7× on HN · 2018–2024
7 mo on HN

Manufactured Discontent and Fortnite

Folding Ideas
Recommended 6× on HN · 2019–2025
6 mo on HN

The Patent Scam Intro

Austin Meyer
Recommended 6× on HN · 2016–2022
5 mo on HN

The Future is a Dead Mall - Decentraland and the Metaverse

Folding Ideas
Recommended 6× on HN · 2023–2025
5 mo on HN

Object-Oriented Programming is Embarrassing: 4 Short Examples

Brian Will
Recommended 6× on HN · 2016–2025
6 mo on HN

Canceling | ContraPoints

ContraPoints
Recommended 7× on HN · 2020–2025
5 mo on HN

Pig Butchering Scams: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

LastWeekTonight
Recommended 5× on HN · 2024–2025
5 mo on HN

Clickbait is Unreasonably Effective

Veritasium
Recommended 5× on HN · 2021–2025
4 mo on HN

Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex

Accursed Farms
Recommended 4× on HN · 2017–2024
5 mo on HN

"Clean" Code, Horrible Performance

Molly Rocket
Recommended 3× on HN · 2023–2026
4 mo on HN

Flat Earth: A Measured Response

hbomberguy
Recommended 3× on HN · 2019–2024
3 mo on HN

Did Nintendo really forget to Optimize Super Mario 64 ? | MVG

Modern Vintage Gamer
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2022
3 mo on HN

Space Station 13 Review | AHELP: Clown Grief Pls Ban He™

SsethTzeentach
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2023
4 mo on HN

What Games Are Like For Someone Who Doesn't Play Games

Razbuten
Recommended 4× on HN · 2019–2023
3 mo on HN

TUN: Un-Ruining the MMO

MrBtongue
Recommended 2× on HN · 2016–2022
3 mo on HN

The GUI should be better. A lot better.

Accursed Farms
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2024
3 mo on HN

the sham legacy of Richard Feynman

Angela Collier
Recommended 5× on HN · 2024–2025
3 mo on HN

Getting GPLv2 Compliance From A Chinese Company- In Person!

Naomi Wu
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2024
3 mo on HN

Gambling and the desire machine | Pay to Win

Jimmy McGee
Recommended 3× on HN · 2022–2024
3 mo on HN

Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex - Human Revolution

Accursed Farms
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2022
3 mo on HN

Rant: Entity systems and the Rust borrow checker ... or something.

Jonathan Blow
Recommended 3× on HN · 2018–2025
3 mo on HN

Sequelitis - Mega Man Classic vs. Mega Man X

Egoraptor
Recommended 3× on HN · 2012–2020
3 mo on HN

Twitter and Visual Studio Rant

Molly Rocket
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2026
3 mo on HN

Computers for Cynics 0 - The Myth of Technology

TheTedNelson
Recommended 3× on HN · 2013–2024
3 mo on HN

Should Knowledge Be Free?

Medlife Crisis
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2021
2 mo on HN

Gacha Drama and the Korean Gender War

Moon Channel
Recommended 1× on HN · 2024–2026
2 mo on HN

The Addictive Cost Of Predatory Videogame Monetization (The Jimquisition)

Stephanie Sterling
Recommended 2× on HN · 2020–2022
2 mo on HN

Sonification & The Problem with Making Music from Data

Tantacrul
Recommended 2× on HN · 2020–2024
2 mo on HN

Why 90% of Managers Are GARBAGE (The Professional Lie) | Steve Jobs

Evan Carmichael
Recommended 2× on HN · 2017–2025
2 mo on HN

The Alt-Right Playbook: The Card Says Moops

Innuendo Studios
Recommended 2× on HN · 2019–2025