Ask HN: Any great talks you would like to share?

47 points by jsnathan 9y ago ↗ HN

Yesterday I found this talk [1] on the origin of silicon valley in the defense industry, linked in a comment here [2], and couldn't help but sit through the entire thing in one go. So I wonder, what other great, freely available talks or lectures does HN know about?

Rules: Can be on any topic. Can be of any length. Ideally, should be a standalone talk.

[1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTC_RxWN_xo

[2]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12281207

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Tomte 9y ago ↗

Incredibly moving and informative talk about depression and its neurobiological symptoms: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NOAgplgTxfc

cgdub 9y ago ↗

Simple Made Easy by Rich Hickey

https://www.infoq.com/presentations/Simple-Made-Easy

lgas 9y ago ↗

I would say all of "Rich Hickey's Greatest Hits":

https://changelog.com/rich-hickeys-greatest-hits/

cuckcuckspruce 9y ago ↗

The most important talk for anybody getting into business for themselves: "Fuck You, Pay Me"[1] by Mike Monterio.

[1] https://vimeo.com/22053820

a-saleh 9y ago ↗

Lets be mainstream by Evan Czaplicky

Designer of Elm language talks about principles he used to create language as approachable as JavaScript but as type-safe as haskell.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYk8CKH7OhE

thelambentonion 9y ago ↗

Edward Kmett's talk on Monad Transformer Lenses is wonderful. He manages to pack an overwhelming amount of information into a relatively short period of time, and as a Haskell newbie it points out a lot of facets within the language I didn't know as well as I thought I did.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bxcz23GOJqc

hhandoko 9y ago ↗

"So you want to be a CTO?" [1] by Simon Raik-Allen, CTO of MYOB [2].

[1] https://youtu.be/CVLwFYBvX5I

[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MYOB_(company) . Basically a provider of accounting software. A household name in Australia.

cvs268 9y ago ↗

Jiro dreams of Game Design - by Brenda Romero - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esKW2ozlRRQ

How to let your passion motivate you in developing great products (not just games).

retrogradeorbit 9y ago ↗

Some of my favourite TED talks

Trial, error and the God Complex - Tim Harford http://www.ted.com/talks/tim_harford

Smart failure for a fast-changing world - Eddie Obeng https://www.ted.com/talks/eddie_obeng_smart_failure_for_a_fa...

How to make stress your friend - Kelly McGonigal https://www.ted.com/talks/kelly_mcgonigal_how_to_make_stress...

saluki 9y ago ↗

@DHH Start Up School Talk 2008

The Secret to Making Money Online/A Secret to Making Money Online

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CDXJ6bMkMY

Still my favorite talk.

martiuk 9y ago ↗

For pythonistas:

Raymond Hettinger - Beyond PEP 8 -- Best practices for beautiful intelligible code - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wf-BqAjZb8M

fosco 9y ago ↗

Randy Pausch - The Last Lecture [2007] its quite old now, but I still recommend it as a definite worthwhile listen!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ji5_MqicxSo