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Best Tech Talks 2017, Ranked by Hacker News

First recommended on Hacker News in 2017, still worth watching: these 305 tech talks and lectures earned 1127 recommendations across the years.

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5 mo on HN

The Map of Mathematics

Domain of Science
Recommended 4× on HN · 2018–2022
4 mo on HN

Attention in transformers, step-by-step | Deep Learning Chapter 6

3Blue1Brown
Recommended 5× on HN · 2024–2026
4 mo on HN

How an Atomic Clock Really Works: Inside the HP 5061A Cesium Clock

CuriousMarc
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2026
5 mo on HN

Cassettes - better than you don't remember

Techmoan
Recommended 5× on HN · 2016–2025
5 mo on HN

The lamps you're not allowed to have. Exploring the Dubai lamps

bigclivedotcom
Recommended 5× on HN · 2021–2026
4 mo on HN

a better way to count

jan Misali
Recommended 3× on HN · 2018–2025
4 mo on HN

But what is a Fourier series? From heat flow to drawing with circles | DE4

3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2025
4 mo on HN

Triangle of Power

3Blue1Brown
Recommended 5× on HN · 2016–2023
4 mo on HN

The Golden Ratio (why it is so irrational) - Numberphile

Numberphile
Recommended 3× on HN · 2018–2026
5 mo on HN

Bell's Theorem: The Quantum Venn Diagram Paradox

minutephysics
Recommended 8× on HN · 2019–2024
4 mo on HN

Animated Voting Methods

Unify The Vote
Recommended 3× on HN · 2018–2022
4 mo on HN

Why is TV 29.97 frames per second?

Stand-up Maths
Recommended 4× on HN · 2016–2025
4 mo on HN

Hilbert's Curve: Is infinite math useful?

3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2017–2024
3 mo on HN

The Infinite Pattern That Never Repeats

Veritasium
Recommended 4× on HN · 2021–2023
4 mo on HN

Carl Sagan - Cosmos - Eratosthenes

carlsagandotcom
Recommended 4× on HN · 2022–2024
4 mo on HN

The Mathematics of Quantum Computers | Infinite Series

PBS Infinite Series
Recommended 4× on HN · 2017–2023
4 mo on HN

Electric car chargers aren't chargers at all – EVSE Explained

Technology Connections
Recommended 4× on HN · 2021–2024
4 mo on HN

British Plugs Are Better Than All Other Plugs, And Here's Why

Tom Scott
Recommended 3× on HN · 2019–2025
4 mo on HN

But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction

3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2023
4 mo on HN

Portable Air Conditioners - Why you shouldn't like them

Technology Connections
Recommended 5× on HN · 2020–2026
4 mo on HN

How Imaginary Numbers Were Invented

Veritasium
Recommended 7× on HN · 2021–2023
4 mo on HN

Infinity is bigger than you think - Numberphile

Numberphile
Recommended 3× on HN · 2014–2022
4 mo on HN

Attention Is All You Need

Yannic Kilcher
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2025
4 mo on HN

This is why we can't have nice things

Veritasium
Recommended 4× on HN · 2021–2024
4 mo on HN

The medical test paradox, and redesigning Bayes' rule

3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2025
4 mo on HN

Debt Metaphor

Ward Cunningham
Recommended 3× on HN · 2009–2023
4 mo on HN

Atari's Quadrascan Explained

Retro Game Mechanics Explained
Recommended 3× on HN · 2021–2026
4 mo on HN

e^(iπ) in 3.14 minutes, using dynamics | DE5

3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2021
4 mo on HN

How is this Website so fast!?

Wes Bos
Recommended 4× on HN · 2024–2025
3 mo on HN

Fantastic Quaternions - Numberphile

Numberphile
Recommended 3× on HN · 2016–2018
3 mo on HN

The $200M Machine that Prints Microchips: The EUV Photolithography System

Branch Education
Recommended 3× on HN · 2025–2026
4 mo on HN

How a transistor works

Ben Eater
Recommended 4× on HN · 2020–2023
3 mo on HN

CD / Color

Captain Disillusion
Recommended 3× on HN · 2020–2021
4 mo on HN

Surface-Stable Fractal Dithering Explained

runevision
Recommended 3× on HN · 2025–2026
3 mo on HN

Backpropagation, intuitively | Deep Learning Chapter 3

3Blue1Brown
Recommended 4× on HN · 2017–2024
4 mo on HN

Is AI Safety a Pascal's Mugging?

Robert Miles AI Safety
Recommended 3× on HN · 2019–2026