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Tech pioneers & interviews Videos Recommended on Hacker News (369)
Tech pioneers & interviews is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 369 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2007 and 2026 — 844 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Interviews and talks by tech figures: Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, Alan Kay, Knuth, Carmack, Wozniak, Steve Yegge, keynotes and fireside chats about careers and ideas.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on Jim Simons (full length interview) - Numberphile: “the full length one is very good. it gives an understanding as to why simons has been so successful.” — an HN commenter, 2019.
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2 mo on HNCommodore 64—25th Anniversary Celebration
Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2012–2016
2 mo on HNE3 2012: John Carmack Interview
Giant Bomb
1 HN recommend · 2012–2023
2 mo on HNSeminar with Alan Kay on Object Oriented Programming (VPRI 0246)
Yoshiki Ohshima (大島芳樹)
2 HN recommender · 2017–2025
2 mo on HNStarbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 2 // Summer 2021]
Everyday Astronaut
2 HN recommender · 2022–2024
2 mo on HNRay Kurzweil on "I've Got a Secret"
Sidewinder77
2 HN recommender · 2012–2016
2 mo on HNThe Man behind Stable Diffusion
Yannic Kilcher
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
2 mo on HNWe Play Doom With John Romero
IGN
2 HN recommender · 2016–2018
2 mo on HNAldous Huxley interviewed by Mike Wallace : 1958 (Full)
someoddstuff
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNA conversation with Elon Musk about Starship
Everyday Astronaut
3 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNOral History of Chuck Peddle
Computer History Museum
2 HN recommender · 2019–2024
2 mo on HNCursor Team: Future of Programming with AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #447
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2024–2025
2 mo on HNA Conversation with Stewart Brand (Devcon4)
Ethereum Foundation
2 HN recommender · 2021–2021
2 mo on HNJoe Rogan Experience #965 - Robert Sapolsky
PowerfulJRE
2 HN recommender · 2017–2020
2 mo on HNJoel Spolsky at Startup School 2012
Y Combinator
2 HN recommender · 2014–2016
2 mo on HNWhy Can't AI Make Its Own Discoveries? — With Yann LeCun
Alex Kantrowitz
2 HN recommender · 2025–2026
2 mo on HNJeff Bezos 1997 Interview
Chuck Severance
3 HN recommender · 2021–2025
2 mo on HNCapt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)
National Security Agency
2 HN recommender · 2024–2026
2 mo on HNGabe Newell: Reflections of a Video Game Maker
The LBJ School
2 HN recommender · 2013–2017
2 mo on HNConan O'Brien | Talks at Google
Talks at Google
2 HN recommender · 2010–2026
2 mo on HNSteve Jobs on Microsoft
JoshuaG
2 HN recommender · 2009–2022
2 mo on HNCS50 Lecture by Mark Zuckerberg - 7 December 2005
CS50
2 HN recommender · 2016–2025
2 mo on HNChris Lattner: Compilers, LLVM, Swift, TPU, and ML Accelerators | Lex Fridman Podcast #21
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNThe Lighthill Debate (1973) - part 1 of 6
bilkable
2 HN recommender · 2016–2021
2 mo on HNMicro Men - 10th Anniversary - With Chris Curry, Steve Furber and Hermann Hauser
The Centre for Computing History
2 HN recommender · 2020–2025
1 mo on HNSteve Jobs rare footage conducting a presentation on 1980 (Insanely Great)
naji1234
1 HN recommend · 2012–2026
1 mo on HNThe Lost 1984 Video: young Steve Jobs introduces the Macintosh
macessentials
1 HN recommend · 2011–2021
1 mo on HNFrank Zappa explains the decline of the music business
budagum
1 HN recommend · 2011–2026
1 mo on HNFoundation 07 // Chris Sacca
Kevin Rose
1 HN recommend · 2012–2013
1 mo on HNTed Nelson struggles with uncomprehending radio interviewer, 1979
TheTedNelson
1 HN recommend · 2017–2024
1 mo on HNMax Tegmark: The Case for Halting AI Development | Lex Fridman Podcast #371
Lex Fridman
2 HN recommender · 2023–2023
1 mo on HNsteve jobs on why xerox failed
Kumar Saurav
1 HN recommend · 2024–2024
1 mo on HNThe Computer Revolution Hasn't Happened Yet OOPSLA 97 Keynote (VPRI 0719)
Yoshiki Ohshima (大島芳樹)
1 HN recommend · 2020–2026
1 mo on HNOral History of John Backus
Computer History Museum
1 HN recommend · 2019–2026
1 mo on HNFeynman_i_dont_like_honors_ [longer_version]
batxg3
1 HN recommend · 2009–2024
1 mo on HNApple Music Event 2001-The First Ever iPod Introduction
JoshuaG
1 HN recommend · 2010–2022
1 mo on HNBuilding the PERFECT Linux PC with Linus Torvalds
Linus Tech Tips
1 HN recommend · 2025–2026