Prof. Michael Levin's work, e.g. "Endogenous Bioelectric Networks & Regenerative Medicine" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HKWyB9qLP_s
Let's figure out how to regenerate limbs and organs, eh?
Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?
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#92My answer to the question "Where do you get all your ideas?"
Its about creativity and how to think about ideas.
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#93I don't want anything to do with cryptocurrencies but listening to the founder of Ethereum on the Lex Fridman podcast was fascinating. The way that guy thinks is just impressive. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=3x1b_S6Qp2Q
Agreed, and I think Vitalik on Eric Weinstein's podcast is also super interesting and information-dense: https://youtu.be/8TwNNgiNZ7Y
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
They scheduled a conference for a European audience between Christmas and the New Year? Why?!
they do the same thing for the CCC conference. I think the reasoning is "only the people who are really into it will attend". I agree that it's a bit... dumb.
I think the main reason is the tradition. It was in the beginning a small get together of some nerds that had vacations due to Christmas but were bored.
Then it got bigger and bigger. And now there are many reasons to keep it that way. No competing events, free choice of the venue, free hotels, school holidays and so on.
I'd also say that there are more atheists in the hacker community then in the general population.
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#95https://www.weforum.org/great-reset/ Overall I agree with much of the tone that they set and some of the things are long overdue. --- Edit: duckduckgo censor the search query "the great reset" when you search for the first time. proof: https://imgur.com/UbsvTCz Edit2: Changed from "sometimes" to "when you search for the first time" in response to the comment below.
Is there a specific talk there that you are recommending?
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#96For me, it was Art of Code by Dylan Beattie, but mostly because that talk has the best ending[0] I have seen. Also, introduced to me a side of programming that I instinctively knew existed but never sought out. [0]: https://youtu.be/6avJHaC3C2U?t=3366
Funny, because I've seen just one talk in 2020 and it was that one :) I'm not too much into talks and conference stuff, mostly because almost all the time I find the subjects of talks completely irrelevant, to specific, too general etc. That one was really entertaining and I was looking for something similar, but haven't found anything.
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#97Brexit talks :-)
Maaaan would it gave made for some weird TV to watch those talks. I really hope some day, all political negociationswill be filmed, archived, and unclassified a few years after the end of mandates.
BBC's "Storyville: Brexit Behind Closed Doors" is exactly that, a surprisingly revealing documentary on the negotiations from Guy Verhofstadt's point-of-view. Highly recommended!
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#98Earlier quoted context omitted.
They scheduled a conference for a European audience between Christmas and the New Year? Why?!
And somehow it pulls together 14000 people for a 4 day experience I can only describe as defcon and burningman having an illicit child they dropped off somewhere in germany. Been going there since 2014 and it's a great experience.
Soo hard to get a ticket. I was there for 35c3. Worst part is that since you don't know if you will get a ticket or not and you book hotels/flights only after you nab a ticket, you are paying increased prices vs booking far in advance.
Defcon has CCC beat in this area because you know you will get a ticket at Defcon. On the flipside, Defcon 27 last year was a complete mess because there were so many people. It was more Linecon than Defcon. However I am thankful to DarkTangent and his crew's efforts. The Goons did the very best they could and I am glad they are still doing it.
At 35c3 I got totally ripped off by Leipzig Taxis and my hotel which was cheaper but further away and not on the train path(at least easily).
Was it worth it? YES. Was worth every last penny. I am so thankful to the Chaos Computer Club for their efforts in putting on such an amazing event year after year. If I manage to make it back there again I will be volunteering as an Angel. I just wish it was cheaper to make it to Leipzig from the US but I understand that they are stretched to the gills in terms of capacity.
I heard a rumor that they have already maxed out capacity at Leipzig and there is no bigger place in all of Germany?
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#99Earlier quoted context omitted.
They scheduled a conference for a European audience between Christmas and the New Year? Why?!
they do the same thing for the CCC conference. I think the reasoning is "only the people who are really into it will attend". I agree that it's a bit... dumb.
As far as I'm aware, the original argument was that this is the only time of the year when everyone is on vacation anyway.
When it's not taking place remotely (as it does this year), there's also an argument to be made for this time slot because exhibition halls are traditionally empty and thus cheap around this time of year.
Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?
#100For me, it was Art of Code by Dylan Beattie, but mostly because that talk has the best ending[0] I have seen. Also, introduced to me a side of programming that I instinctively knew existed but never sought out. [0]: https://youtu.be/6avJHaC3C2U?t=3366
As an ex mathematician, I can't handle the part where he claims mathematicians have only been studying imaginary numbers "in recent decades" and then goes on to say that Mandelbrot is the first person to rigorously study these kinds of systems. Made me die inside.