Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk?

Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by peterkelly on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @02:31PM (#12638005)

"The Last Lecture", by Randy Pausch. While it's by a well-known CS professor (who was dying of cancer at the time), it's not a technical talk, but about life and work, and how to make the most of it. One of the most inspiring things I've ever seen.

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

Another fantastic one is Steve Jobs' 2005 commencement address at Stanford:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UF8uR6Z6KLc

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by will_pseudonym on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @07:09PM (#12640386)

Randy Pausch's Time Management lecture is also great.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3tim1sjY7q8

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by acangiano on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @12:35AM (#12641574)

Actual lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oTugjssqOT0

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by lza on Friday October 07, 2016 @01:22PM (#12662324)

wow!!! So glad I watched it. Thanks for sharing it.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by hans on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @08:05PM (#12640664)

o u said steve jobs: really his announcement of the ipod was an incredible speech .. it ties together tech+art+music+apple and his vision appears pretty fresh.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kN0SVBCJqLs

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by oliv__ on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @06:13AM (#12642724)

Apple seemed so grounded and feature oriented back then.

It's hard to believe that the iPhone's battery still only lasts a day or so after seeing this video.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by rkuykendall-com on Thursday October 06, 2016 @04:59PM (#12656059)

> so grounded and feature oriented back then

No wireless. Less space than a nomad. Lame.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by qznc on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @05:37PM (#12639699)

The talks are awesome. I still downvoted this, because I consider it off topic. Sorry.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by sjnair96 on Wednesday October 05, 2016 @02:23AM (#12641898)

And I upvoted you for explaining why you downvoted it. No point downvoting you. Comparing the end results of both, we only have a higher chance of a net benefit by upvoting you, regardless of whether I agree with you or not. I hope the rest of the HN community also takes this approach before voting.

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Re:Ask HN: What's your favorite tech talk? by Cyph0n on Tuesday October 04, 2016 @06:56PM (#12640299)

https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat

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