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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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13 mo on HNJim Simons (full length interview) - Numberphile
Numberphile2
11 HN recommender · 2015–2024
10 mo on HNVCF East: Ken Thompson interviewed by Brian Kernighan
Vintage Computer Federation
11 HN recommender · 2019–2025
9 mo on HNHow Crash Bandicoot Hacked The Original Playstation | War Stories | Ars Technica
Ars Technica
13 HN recommender · 2020–2026
8 mo on HN"Money doesn't interest me" - Ton Roosendaal 2017 Interview
Blender Guru
7 HN recommender · 2018–2025
8 mo on HNJim Keller: Moore's Law, Microprocessors, and First Principles | Lex Fridman Podcast #70
Lex Fridman
8 HN recommender · 2020–2023
8 mo on HNThe man with 1,000 Klein Bottles UNDER his house - Numberphile
Numberphile
8 HN recommender · 2015–2024
7 mo on HNDebConf 14: QA with Linus Torvalds
Adnan Hodzic
7 HN recommender · 2014–2021
8 mo on HNStarbase Tour with Elon Musk [PART 1 // Summer 2021]
Everyday Astronaut
11 HN recommender · 2021–2024
6 mo on HNHD Feynman: FUN TO IMAGINE complete (with optional Chinese subtitles)
Christopher Sykes
4 HN recommender · 2021–2025
7 mo on HNJoe Armstrong & Alan Kay - Joe Armstrong interviews Alan Kay
Erlang Solutions
6 HN recommender · 2016–2026
6 mo on HNSteve Jobs Secrets of Life
Silicon Valley Historical Association
6 HN recommender · 2012–2024
5 mo on HNHewitt, Meijer and Szyperski: The Actor Model (everything you wanted to know...)
jasonofthel33t
5 HN recommender · 2015–2025
5 mo on HNHow Big is Graham's Number? (feat Ron Graham)
Numberphile
4 HN recommender · 2014–2024
5 mo on HNGovernment Surveillance: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
LastWeekTonight
5 HN recommender · 2015–2023
5 mo on HNWhy Greatness Cannot Be Planned — Kenneth Stanley
Machine Learning Street Talk
4 HN recommender · 2021–2024
5 mo on HNSteve Jobs, "Computers are like a bicycle for our minds." - Michael Lawrence Films
Michael Lawrence
5 HN recommender · 2010–2025
5 mo on HNJeff Bezos - Regret Minimization Framework
Micky Thompson
5 HN recommender · 2010–2024
5 mo on HNAvie Tevanian: CMU math whiz goes from Mach to NeXT to Apple Software Chief | Oral History Part 1
Computer History Museum
3 HN recommender · 2017–2024
5 mo on HNFeynman: How to think 1 of 2 FUN TO IMAGINE 11
Christopher Sykes
5 HN recommender · 2011–2024
4 mo on HNDwarf Fortress Creator Explains its Complexity & Origins | Noclip Interview
/noclip
6 HN recommender · 2020–2022
4 mo on HNTearing Down the Model T of Our Time - Autoline After Hours 284
Autoline Network
6 HN recommender · 2015–2018
4 mo on HNAnders Hejlsberg and Lars Bak: TypeScript, JavaScript, and Dart
DartlangTV
4 HN recommender · 2014–2024
4 mo on HNHow Myst Almost Couldn't Run on CD-ROM | War Stories | Ars Technica
Ars Technica
4 HN recommender · 2020–2024
4 mo on HNDemocrats Need to Face Why Trump Won | The Ezra Klein Show
The Ezra Klein Show
4 HN recommender · 2025–2026
4 mo on HNSteve Jobs on privacy, Steve Jobs at the D8 Conference (Video)
iwasjojo
4 HN recommender · 2017–2024
4 mo on HNHow Gamers Killed Ultima Online's Virtual Ecology | War Stories | Ars Technica
Ars Technica
3 HN recommender · 2018–2026
4 mo on HNSlavoj Žižek + Paul Holdengräber "Surveillance and whistleblowers" - International Authors' Stage
Det Kgl. Bibliotek
3 HN recommender · 2014–2016
4 mo on HNUbuntu Slaughters Kittens | BSD Now 103
Jupiter Broadcasting
4 HN recommender · 2015–2024
3 mo on HNExpert to Expert: Rich Hickey and Brian Beckman - Inside Clojure
jasonofthel33t
3 HN recommender · 2014–2025
4 mo on HNSteve Jobs on Failure
Silicon Valley Historical Association
4 HN recommender · 2012–2021
3 mo on HNVitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money | Lex Fridman Podcast #80
Lex Fridman
3 HN recommender · 2020–2021
3 mo on HNStephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #234
Lex Fridman
3 HN recommender · 2021–2023
3 mo on HNChris Sacca of Lowercase Capital - TWiST #291
This Week in Startups
3 HN recommender · 2012–2017
3 mo on HN[7] Jim Keller, Silicon Wizard 🧙♂️
TechTechPotato
3 HN recommender · 2022–2023
3 mo on HNTed Nelson in Herzog's "Lo and Behold"
TheTedNelson
3 HN recommender · 2017–2022
3 mo on HNAlan Kay : July 2007 : A Conversation with CMU Faculty & Students
CMU Robotics Institute
3 HN recommender · 2017–2024