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Best Data science & statistics Talks Recommended on Hacker News

This ranked list contains 21 Data science & statistics talks from a 55-video topic archive. Entries are ordered by distinct Hacker News recommenders, then by the catalog score; the leading titles include A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt, I don't like notebooks.- Joel Grus (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence), and Interactive notebooks ~ Pluto.jl | Fons van der Plas | JuliaCon 2020. The broader topic archive has 378 labeled comments across 2007–2026, but this list only includes videos classified as talks. Each row shows its recorded recommendation count and a reason based on its tags and HN history. Use the recent-video archive to browse every format by latest HN mention instead.

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    A Better Default Colormap for Matplotlib | SciPy 2015 | Nathaniel Smith and Stéfan van der Walt

    15 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data visualization & information design; the recorded mentions span 2015–2026.

    15 recommenders
  2. 2
    I don't like notebooks.- Joel Grus (Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence)

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2018–2025.

    6 recommenders
  3. 3
    Interactive notebooks ~ Pluto.jl | Fons van der Plas | JuliaCon 2020

    6 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2020–2021.

    6 recommenders
  4. 4
    How not to be ignorant about the world | Hans and Ola Rosling

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data visualization & information design; the recorded mentions span 2015–2023.

    5 recommenders
  5. 5
    Emacs + org-mode + python in reproducible research; SciPy 2013 Presentation

    5 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2014–2018.

    5 recommenders
  6. 6
    I Like Notebooks

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Testing, debugging & developer tools; the recorded mentions span 2020–2025.

    4 recommenders
  7. 7
    Breakout Session Presented by Dan Robinson of Heap at PGConf Silicon Valley 2015

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Databases & storage; the recorded mentions span 2016–2020.

    4 recommenders
  8. 8
    Hans Rosling: Debunking third-world myths with the best stats you've ever seen

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data visualization & information design; the recorded mentions span 2011–2017.

    4 recommenders
  9. 9
    KEYNOTE / Robert Erdmann

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2021–2024.

    4 recommenders
  10. 10
    The Power of Big Data and Psychographics | 2016 Concordia Annual Summit

    4 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Privacy, surveillance & cybercrime; the recorded mentions span 2017–2026.

    4 recommenders
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    Keynote: Begin...End?

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Python, Ruby & scripting languages; the recorded mentions span 2021–2024.

    3 recommenders
  12. 12
    36C3 - BahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier - english translation

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2020–2023.

    3 recommenders
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    Social Physics: How Good Ideas Spread | Sandy Pentland | Talks at Google

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Psychology & human behavior; the recorded mentions span 2015–2022.

    3 recommenders
  14. 14
    John Rauser keynote: "Statistics Without the Agonizing Pain" -- Strata + Hadoop 2014

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2015–2025.

    3 recommenders
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    Google Developers Day US - Theorizing from Data

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Machine learning & deep learning; the recorded mentions span 2007–2009.

    3 recommenders
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    Making R run Fast - Jan Vitek

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Compilers, interpreters & program analysis; the recorded mentions span 2017–2023.

    3 recommenders
  17. 17
    Jake Vanderplas - Statistics for Hackers - PyCon 2016.mp4

    3 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2017–2025.

    3 recommenders
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    DuckDB – The SQLite for Analytics (Mark Raasveldt, CWI)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Databases & storage; the recorded mentions span 2020–2026.

    2 recommenders
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    BahnMining - Pünktlichkeit ist eine Zier (David Kriesel)

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2022–2026.

    2 recommenders
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    What is the best diet for humans? | Eran Segal | TEDxRuppin

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Nutrition & diet science; the recorded mentions span 2018–2023.

    2 recommenders
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    Jonathan Diegelman - Modeling Spacecraft Separation Dynamics in Julia

    2 distinct Hacker News commenters recommended this talk about Data science & statistics; the recorded mentions span 2021–2023.

    2 recommenders