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Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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curiousmindz wrote: post #10

I am not sure if this qualifies, but I found the discussion between Scott Hanselman and Dr. David Kellermann on "Effective Remote Teaching with intention and creativity" fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LaTamAIinc They mix a number of fairly simple technologies to achieve some really cool new ways to teach remotely. Also, Scott Hanselman makes a series of well-made videos on "Computer Stuff They Didn't T…

Very cool-should be required watching for educators (K-12+ teachers/administrators, MOOC instructors), as well as developers for Zoom, WebEx, Teams.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by bionade24 »

lhoff wrote: post #94
Tainnor wrote: post #53

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

In what respect does the days from 27th to 30th matter for religious persons? That's just traditional "Family time".

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by wtk »

systemvoltage wrote: post #50
Biba89 wrote: post #12

My favorite is Naval’s talk at Tim Ferriss: https://tim.blog/2020/10/14/naval/amp/

It bugs me that everytime he goes on a talk show recently, he pegs himself up a horse with "I have stopped doing talk shows and I am doing it for you because ____". He comes across as an arrogant and self-serving. Most of his content is rehashing from other books. A lot of it straight from Feynman interviews on Youtube. Some spiritual stuff repeated verbatim from Jiddu Krishnamurthy. The interesting thing about Naval…

I'm pretty sure I saw people getting banned on twitter for disagreeing/challenging him (in a civil way).

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by theodpHN »

theodpHN wrote: post #111
curiousmindz wrote: post #10

I am not sure if this qualifies, but I found the discussion between Scott Hanselman and Dr. David Kellermann on "Effective Remote Teaching with intention and creativity" fascinating: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LaTamAIinc They mix a number of fairly simple technologies to achieve some really cool new ways to teach remotely. Also, Scott Hanselman makes a series of well-made videos on "Computer Stuff They Didn't T…

Very cool-should be required watching for educators (K-12+ teachers/administrators, MOOC instructors), as well as developers for Zoom, WebEx, Teams.

Here's a short (4.5 min) remote teaching demo by Kellermann - compare this to your average Zoom/Teams/WebEx meeting!

What comes after Zoom teaching? Surface Hub, Teams and XSplit demo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o5ecT6inCio&list=PLHSIfioizV...

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by alpaca128 »

bawolff wrote: post #109
akritrime wrote: post #25

For 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

I enjoyed his talk, but i can't help but feel like these style of talks always use the same examples: game of life, fractals, esolangs, and some sort of human-computer interactive art system (usually the last one has a lot of variety so maybe that should get a pass for this critique). I would love to see these sorts of programming as art talks with a different set of examples. Not that i don't love fractals and the G…

If you liked the Game of Life running a Game of Life simulation you might enjoy the YT video[0] showing someone's functioning raycasting engine within the game world of Factorio using thousands of machines and parts provided by the game. It blew my mind.

What I also found quite amusing was the PowerPoint presentation demonstrating the Turing-completeness of PowerPoint animations[1].

I'll never get tired of this kind of tinkering walking the line between genius and a healthy portion of crazy.

[0] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=28UzqVz1r24

[1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNjxe8ShM-8

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by have_faith »

patrickaljord wrote: post #115

"Recoil: State Management for Today's React - Dave McCabe aka @mcc_abe at @ReactEurope" https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ISAA_Jt9kI Disclaimer: I co-organize the conference

Second this. Enjoyed this talk a lot and I’m also enjoying using the Recoil library on my side projects at the moment. Definitely hits a sweet spot for me in terms of productivity and intuitive conceptualisation of what’s happening under the hood.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by FPGAhacker »

mkolodny wrote: post #108
neillyons wrote: post #70

I 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

That was a great episode. I've been really enjoying all of Lex's podcast episodes. He has on many of the top thinkers across many different fields. AI and CS in particular. https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman Some more of my favorite episodes (not necessarily CS related) I've listened to are: - Matthew W. Johnson on Psychedelics - Manolis Kellis on Biology and CS - Michael Malice on Anarchy - Michael Stevens on educatio…

His interview with Jim Keller is pretty good.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by wunderlust »

jetru wrote: post #83
NotPavlovsDog wrote: post #81

Paul Stamets, a legendagry mycologist and founder (A Scientist and entrepreneur that successfully founded a mushroom company that grew and grew and grew ). This talk is on psychedelic use, but there are multiple other sub-topic talks by him. Always a joy to hear about his new discoveries in mushrooms and an inspiration regardless of what you do. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZT-qQWOf98Y You should check out all his…

OMG I just realized Stamets in Star Trek is named after a real scientist

Additionally the serial killer (character) in "Hannibal" who integrates fungi in his murders is named Stamets.

Re: Ask HN: Best Talks of 2020?

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Post by wunderlust »

deehouie wrote: post #107
neillyons wrote: post #70

I 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

I just realized Vitalik never finished college. That's even more impressive for what he's done.

He was a Thiel Fellow.

http://canadaam.ctvnews.ca/why-a-20-year-old-toronto-drop-ou...

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