Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?

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Post by mngutterman » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:19 PM UTC

Simply put, what are your favorite talks or trainings? It could by a one-off lecture about a specific concept or a series of talks about a language. Maybe it's a TED talk or a session from a con. Either way, what's that one talk that changed the way you think and you feel everyone needs to see?

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Post by dudul » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:21 PM UTC

Big fan of Rich Hickey. I found most of his talks really great, and applicable beyond the Clojure universe. My favorites: "Are we there yet?" and "Simple made Easy".

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Post by mtmail » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:25 PM UTC

"Avoiding Burnout, and other essentials of Open Source Self-Care" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RbeHBnWfXUc

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Post by sebg » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:28 PM UTC

Some previous posts:

"Ask HN: What are your favorite videos relevant to entrepreneurs or startups?" -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7656003

"Ask HN: Favorite talks [video] on software development?" -> https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8105732

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Post by arjunnarayan » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC

> what's that one talk that changed the way you think and you feel everyone needs to see?

Growing a Language by Guy Steele.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ahvzDzKdB0

Re: Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?

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Post by neduma » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:37 PM UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=idLyobOhtO4

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Post by agumonkey » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:39 PM UTC

After lots of talks I started going to the library and found out it's a lot more effective to grow knowledge. Maybe I'm too ADHD-able when watching videos.

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Post by anondon » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R9ITLdmfdLI

This was the first time I watched pg give a talk. It was the talk that brought about the biggest change in the way I think about the world, my ambitions. The talk was the beginning, reading more about pg, I came across his essays and then HN.

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Post by davidw » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:42 PM UTC

agumonkey wrote: post #7

After lots of talks I started going to the library and found out it's a lot more effective to grow knowledge. Maybe I'm too ADHD-able when watching videos.

I can read way, way faster than I can listen to a video. Also, reading usually comes with charts and code I can cut and paste. Books are way more effective than videos for me.

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Post by KhalilK » Tue, Oct 04, 2016, 5:47 PM UTC

Bret Victor - Inventing on Principle https://vimeo.com/36579366

We can argue on some of the points he makes but we can all agree that the demos are very impressive.