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(Some of) the best technical talks of 2018, ranked algorithmically

2 pointsby yaj54over 6 years ago

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yaj54over 6 years ago
About the ranking algorithms:<p>&quot;techyaks&quot;: Primarily uses signals from stories and comments on Hacker News, with some youtube signals thrown in. This is effectively a &quot;best talks according to hacker news&quot; ranking.<p>&quot;wilsonscore&quot;: Wilson confidence intervals [0] from youtube likes and dislikes. Previous discussion about this site when it had only the Wilson score ranking: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17988464" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=17988464</a><p>[0]: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.evanmiller.org&#x2F;how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.evanmiller.org&#x2F;how-not-to-sort-by-average-rating...</a>