Functional programmingtalk
Documented HN sourceHN 22.5
Quick Take
HN recommends it repeatedly as one of the best and most entertaining programming talks, and as the talk that makes the Y combinator click, even for people who do not use Ruby.
Environment, agriculture & food systems
Treating the Farm as an Ecosystem with Gabe Brown Part 1, The 5 Tenets of Soil Health
Living Web Farms · Discussed on HN from 2019 to 2025
Topics and ideas
- 01soil health
- 02no-till
- 03cover crops
A long talk by rancher Gabe Brown on turning his North Dakota farm into a regenerative ecosystem using no-till, cover crops and integrated livestock. It covers the five principles of soil health and how they pay off financially.
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Long talk on living soil that changed home gardening practices.
“This is a long video but it has completely changed my home gardening practices.”Read the original HN comment
tastyfreeze · 2019-09 · 12 recommenders across 11 months
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Documented HN sourceHN 22.0
Quick Take
HN repeatedly calls it the best in-depth introduction to IC manufacturing, a sense-of-awe talk by an independent engineer, while wishing for an updated version.
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8 Bit & '8 Bitish' Graphics-Outside the Box
GDC Festival of Gaming
Documented HN sourceHN 20.0
Quick Take
HN repeatedly recommends it as a master class in limited-palette pixel art and palette cycling, from an artist behind Loom and Monkey Island.