HackerTalks.tv
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SHOW HN2011
How HN took it
1 positive, 2 neutral or asking, 3 mixed, 1 critical, out of 7 comments about the project. Thread score -0.08.
Execution: 0 for, 1 against
The thread, comment by comment
Each row is a top-level comment and its replies, in HN's order. Select a cell to open that comment on HN.
positive neutral or mixed critical about another commenter or something else the maker
What HN said
What people liked
Nice idea for watching hacker talks
From 2 comments
Love the idea of curating some good hacker (or programming) talks. I'd love to something more along the lines of: Watch talks from hacker conferences like a DVR
deweller on HNNice idea, but lacks some additional control, that would allow switching videos in less random fashion. Floating infobox (obviously hideable one) would help here a bit too.…
przemoc on HN
Objections
Requires Flash, which fails for some users
From 1 comment
"You don’t have Flash installed, which you need to play videos. This is out of our control. Sorry about that." Sigh. "You don't have Flash installed": True. "which you need to…
JoshTriplett on HN
Video selection is too random
From 2 comments
Nice idea, but lacks some additional control, that would allow switching videos in less random fashion. Floating infobox (obviously hideable one) would help here a bit too.…
przemoc on HNI've actually been wanting to find more programming talks I'm interested in lately... Unfortunately, by hacker, you didn't mean programmer. :( Still, nice idea. I could wish for…
wccrawford on HN
Not enough programming talks, more hacker-culture focus unclear
From 1 comment
I've actually been wanting to find more programming talks I'm interested in lately... Unfortunately, by hacker, you didn't mean programmer. :( Still, nice idea. I could wish for…
wccrawford on HN
Requests
Add control over which video plays next
From 2 comments
I've actually been wanting to find more programming talks I'm interested in lately... Unfortunately, by hacker, you didn't mean programmer. :( Still, nice idea. I could wish for…
wccrawford on HNNice idea, but lacks some additional control, that would allow switching videos in less random fashion. Floating infobox (obviously hideable one) would help here a bit too.…
przemoc on HN
Add a DVR-style watch feature
From 1 comment
Love the idea of curating some good hacker (or programming) talks. I'd love to something more along the lines of: Watch talks from hacker conferences like a DVR
deweller on HN
Add a schedule or tv guide infobox
From 1 comment
Nice idea, but lacks some additional control, that would allow switching videos in less random fashion. Floating infobox (obviously hideable one) would help here a bit too.…
przemoc on HN
Questions
Can CCC Berlin talks be added without organizer upload?
From 1 comment
Do the videos have to be uploaded by a conference organizer, or could I add a bunch of talks from CCC in Berlin? They're Creative Commons licensed, but I'm not associated with…
sp332 on HN
Alternatives named
Lanyrd video collection
From 1 comment
Have you seen the collection we're building up on Lanyrd? We have over 3,700 talk videos now, plenty of which are about programming. You can search our video collection here:…
simonw on HN
Topchan.tv channels
From 1 comment
Here are some tech related Topchan.tv channels. The GoogleTechTalks channel has some pretty good programming talks. GoogleTechTalks http://www.topchan.tv/show/public1/265 TED…
ww520 on HN
TEDChannel.tv
From 1 comment
Same creator as http://tedchannel.tv (http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=3049681)?
fybren on HN