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Best Tech Talks 2017, Ranked by Hacker News
First recommended on Hacker News in 2017, still worth watching: these 188 talks and lectures earned 649 recommendations across the years.
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2 mo on HN2017 LLVM Developers’ Meeting: “Implementing Swift Generics ”
LLVM
2 HN recommender · 2017–2026
2 mo on HNThe most important lesson from 83,000 brain scans | Daniel Amen | TEDxOrangeCoast
TEDx Talks
2 HN recommender · 2017–2021
2 mo on HNLisp at the Frontier of Computation, by Robert Smith at Rigetti Computing
Arthur Gleckler
3 HN recommender · 2017–2019
2 mo on HNYour Brain Hallucinates Your Conscious Reality | Anil Seth | TED
TED
2 HN recommender · 2017–2026
2 mo on HNGeoffrey Hinton talk "What is wrong with convolutional neural nets ?"
trwappers
2 HN recommender · 2017–2018
2 mo on HNClutching at Random Straws, Matt Parker | LMS Popular Lectures 2010
London Mathematical Society
2 HN recommender · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNCows, Carbon and Climate | Joel Salatin | TEDxCharlottesville
TEDx Talks
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HNThe Early Days of id Software
GDC Festival of Gaming
1 HN recommend · 2017–2023
1 mo on HNTechniques for dealing with lack of motivation, malaise, depression
Jonathan Blow
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNSuccinct Data Structures
Edward Kmett
1 HN recommend · 2017–2025
1 mo on HNEben Moglen: How I discovered Free Software and met RMS
roblimo
1 HN recommend · 2017–2021
1 mo on HN30 Essential Ideas you should know about ADHD, 1B Inhibition, Impulsivity, and Emotion
Adhd Videos
1 HN recommend · 2017–2021
1 mo on HNTobias Engel: SS7: Locate. Track. Manipulate.
media.ccc.de
1 HN recommend · 2017–2021
1 mo on HNTony Seba: Clean Disruption - Energy & Transportation
Colorado Renewable Energy Society (CRES)
1 HN recommend · 2017–2019
1 mo on HNOchko123 - How the Feds Caught Russian Mega-Carder Roman Seleznev
Black Hat
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNCan we build AI without losing control over it? | Sam Harris
TED
1 HN recommend · 2017–2023
1 mo on HNFastest browser engine by far at 500 FPS! Servo Webrender - CSS on the GPU part 1: Rust
𝓖𝓷𝓸𝓶𝓮💫𝓢𝓪𝓷𝓮
1 HN recommend · 2017–2017
1 mo on HNCryptocurrency Explained: Money as a System-of-Control
aantonop
1 HN recommend · 2017–2020
1 mo on HNThe Great Debate @ARITH23: John Gustafson and William Kahan
dancefan
1 HN recommend · 2017–2023
1 mo on HNCppCon 2017: Kate Gregory “10 Core Guidelines You Need to Start Using Now”
CppCon
2 HN recommender · 2017–2019
1 mo on HNGrace Hopper Lecture
MIT Lincoln Laboratory
1 HN recommend · 2017–2026
1 mo on HN21. Chaos and Reductionism
Stanford
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HN2016 LLVM Developers’ Meeting: D. Dunbar “A New Architecture for Building Software”
LLVM
1 HN recommend · 2017–2020
1 mo on HNClojure for Lisp Programmers Part 1 - Rich Hickey
ClojureTV
1 HN recommend · 2017–2019
1 mo on HNIndustrial Strength High Performance RISC V Processors For Energy Efficient Computing
RISC-V International
1 HN recommend · 2017–2018
1 mo on HNThe Memory Sinkhole - Unleashing An X86 Design Flaw Allowing Universal Privilege Escalation
Black Hat
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
1 mo on HNOptical illusions show how we see | Beau Lotto
TED
1 HN recommend · 2017–2023
1 mo on HNT-Mobile’s path to IPv6 Only
Rocky Mountain IPv6 Taskforce
1 HN recommend · 2017–2025
1 mo on HNMultithreading the Entire Destiny Engine
GDC Festival of Gaming
1 HN recommend · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNUSA's Leading Dissident Voice | Noam Chomsky | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
0 HN recommender · 2017–2018
0 mo on HNWinning at programming competitions is a negative factor for being good on the job
pkrumins
0 HN recommender · 2017–2023
0 mo on HNQ&A: Techniques for dealing with lack of motivation, malaise, depression
Jonathan Blow
0 HN recommender · 2017–2022
0 mo on HNInspiring a future Clojure editor with forgotten Lisp UX - Shaun Lebron
ClojureTV
0 HN recommender · 2017–2019
0 mo on HNBreaking Conventions with The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
GDC Festival of Gaming
0 HN recommender · 2017–2024
0 mo on HNBob Martin SOLID Principles of Object Oriented and Agile Design
People career
0 HN recommender · 2017–2017
0 mo on HNSteve Jobs Quoting Alan Kay
Chunka Mui
0 HN recommender · 2017–2023