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Ask HN: What’s your favorite talk from 2017?
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#2"DIY human gene therapy with CRISPR" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/diy-human-gene-therapy-wit...
"A deep dive into Bitcoin Core v0.15" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/gmaxwell-2017-08-28-deep-d...
"Advances in block propagation" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/gmaxwell-2017-11-27-advanc...
"Discreet log contracts" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/discreet-log-contracts/
"Signature aggregation" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/bitcoin-core-dev-tech/2017...
"Programmable organoids" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/hgp-write/2017-05-09/organ...
"Ultra-safe cell line" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/hgp-write/2017-05-09/ultra...
"New address type for segwit addresses" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/sf-bitcoin-meetup/2017-03-...
Bram Cohen on merkle sets and memory management http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/sf-bitcoin-meetup/2017-07-...
"Making humans a multiplanetary species" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/spacex/elon-musk-making-hu...
Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite talk from 2017?
#3For better or worse, I spent more time giving talks than watching talks in 2017.
My favorite talk that I watched in 2017 was Durham Goode's talk at Git Merge 2017, concerning scaling Mercurial at Facebook. It's always good to share knowledge about version control and scar difficulties:
https://m.youtube.com/watch?list=PL0lo9MOBetEGRAJzoTCdco_fOK...
My favorite talk that I gave was at GitHub Universe. I spoke about how Microsoft adopted the Git version control system and - ultimately - open source:
Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite talk from 2017?
#4David Runciman: How Democracy Ends
https://www.talkingpoliticspodcast.com/blog/2017/71-how-demo...
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#6Matt Might's Codemesh 2017 keynote: "Winning the War on Error: Solving Halting Problem, Curing Cancer"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EVkHgKCqAcI
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#7Feross Aboukhadijeh - The Most Annoying Website (aka "The Power of the Web Platform") - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6pY9Bfwfj2A
Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite talk from 2017?
#8"DIY human gene therapy with CRISPR" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/diy-human-gene-therapy-wit... "A deep dive into Bitcoin Core v0.15" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/gmaxwell-2017-08-28-deep-d... "Advances in block propagation" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/gmaxwell-2017-11-27-advanc... "Discreet log contracts" http://diyhpl.us/wiki/transcripts/discreet-log-contracts/ "Signature aggregation" http://diyhpl.…
I second "Making humans a multiplanetary species". Watching Elon Musk give this talk is really interesting. It is painful in delivery but penetrating in content. He also has a knack for the gotcha surprise.
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#9Not a single talk, but a series: Jordan Peterson’s Psychological Significance of the Bible Stories.
As an atheist I found his explanations extremely interesting. Peterson is a brilliant scholar and draws connections between psychology and brain structures, human evolution, and religion.
I don’t believe in any trascendental being, but listening to these lectures made me understand better the psychological and moral value of these stories, regardless of belief in the supernatural.
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL22J3VaeABQD_IZs7y60I...
Re: Ask HN: What’s your favorite talk from 2017?
#10"Making Impossible States Impossible" by Richard Feldman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IcgmSRJHu_8
Really changed how I think about programming.