Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Keynote - Karen Sandler", hN commenters point to it in threads about medical device security and software transparency as an excellent, personal case for open source in implants.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2012–2016talkHN commenters point to it in threads about medical device security and software transparency as an excellent, personal case for open source in implants.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2012–2023talkHN recommends it as the definitive explanation of XFS metadata performance fixes and how XFS was developed and made robust on Linux.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2014–2015talkUsed in software bloat debates as a measured look at why binaries got larger.
- 2 HN recommenders 2 months 2012–2017talkPointed to as an entertaining, informative explanation of why UEFI is troublesome, from a Linux UEFI developer.
Questions
Which Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia video does Hacker News recommend most?
Keynote - Karen Sandler: recommended in 2 different months by 2 HN users between 2012 and 2016.
Is this every Linux.conf.au 2012 -- Ballarat, Australia video?
No. Only videos that at least three different HN users linked, in at least three different months, with at least a sentence of their own commentary. That filter is what makes the list useful.
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