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Best Tech Talks on YouTube, Ranked by Hacker News
Conference talks and university lectures on software, systems, AI, hardware and computing that Hacker News keeps recommending — ranked not by view count, but by how many separate months HN commenters kept vouching for them.
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10 mo on HNelevated by Rgba & TBC | 4k intro (FullHD 1080p demoscene demo)
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
7 HN recommender · 2013–2025
10 mo on HNConway's Game Of Life in APL
Dyalog
11 HN recommender · 2010–2024
9 mo on HNHarder Drive: Hard drives we didn't want or need
suckerpinch
12 HN recommender · 2022–2025
10 mo on HNMarI/O - Machine Learning for Video Games
SethBling
10 HN recommender · 2015–2026
9 mo on HNA Mind Is Born (256 bytes)
lftkryo
8 HN recommender · 2017–2025
10 mo on HNAlan Kay's tribute to Ted Nelson at "Intertwingled" Festival
TheTedNelson
7 HN recommender · 2016–2025
10 mo on HNComputer program that learns to play classic NES games
suckerpinch
9 HN recommender · 2015–2025
8 mo on HNThe Mother of All Demos, presented by Douglas Engelbart (1968)
Marcel
8 HN recommender · 2013–2026
8 mo on HNI bought 1000 meters of wire to settle a physics debate
AlphaPhoenix
8 HN recommender · 2021–2026
9 mo on HNLiterate Devops with Emacs
Howard Abrams
8 HN recommender · 2015–2025
8 mo on HN7 minutes of Pharo Smalltalk for Rubyists
Avdi Grimm
5 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNNaN Gates and Flip FLOPS
suckerpinch
7 HN recommender · 2020–2025
7 mo on HN[EPILEPSY WARNING] How fast should an unoptimized terminal run?
Molly Rocket
6 HN recommender · 2021–2026
6 mo on HNBOLTR: Juicero, Cold Press Juicer for Rich Weirdos
AvE
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
7 mo on HNElevated by RGBA and TBC
BUTTONTANG
7 HN recommender · 2009–2025
6 mo on HNVisiData Lightning Demo at PyCascades 2018
Saul Pwanson
6 HN recommender · 2018–2025
6 mo on HNRiftSketch: Live coding in VR with the Oculus Rift, Firefox WebVR, JavaScript and Three.js
Brian Peiris
5 HN recommender · 2014–2020
6 mo on HNLife in life
Phillip Bradbury
6 HN recommender · 2013–2025
6 mo on HNInteractive programming Flappy Bird in ClojureScript
Bruce Hauman
6 HN recommender · 2015–2020
5 mo on HNCoding Adventure: Ant and Slime Simulations
Sebastian Lague
6 HN recommender · 2021–2024
6 mo on HNA New Car UI: How touch screen controls in cars should work
Matthaeus Krenn
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023
6 mo on HNRobust-first computing: Demon Horde Sort (full version)
Dave Ackley
3 HN recommender · 2015–2023
5 mo on HNStevey's Tech Talk E39 -- A guided tour of Emacs
Steve Yegge
5 HN recommender · 2022–2024
5 mo on HNEric Bier Demonstrates Cedar
Computer History Museum
3 HN recommender · 2020–2025
5 mo on HNUsing a 1930 Teletype as a Linux Terminal
CuriousMarc
4 HN recommender · 2020–2025
5 mo on HNIvan Sutherland Sketchpad Demo 1963
Interface Studies
5 HN recommender · 2016–2025
4 mo on HNA Sudoku Solver in APL
Dyalog
4 HN recommender · 2015–2022
6 mo on HNMock Interview with Shawn McGrath
Molly Rocket
6 HN recommender · 2017–2023
4 mo on HNTomorrow Corporation Tech Demo
retrogameinternals
5 HN recommender · 2023–2026
5 mo on HNTed Nelson demonstrates Xanadu Space
photonhunter
5 HN recommender · 2011–2022
5 mo on HNThe Black Lotus - Eon - Amiga Demo (50 FPS)
RetroDemoScene
4 HN recommender · 2019–2026
5 mo on HNSymbolics Lisp Machine demo Jan 2013
Kalman Reti
5 HN recommender · 2014–2024
5 mo on HNE-Ink for Productivity: An Introduction
Technology Connextras
4 HN recommender · 2020–2024
5 mo on HNAmazing Invention- This Drone Will Change Everything
Mark Rober
5 HN recommender · 2023–2024
4 mo on HNfr-08: .the .product by farbrausch | 64k intro (2000) (720p HQ demoscene demo)
Demoscene High-Quality Videos (Annikras)
2 HN recommender · 2016–2020
5 mo on HNBOLTR: DYSON HAIR DRYER. Is it WORTH the MONEY?
AvE
4 HN recommender · 2017–2023