Muon Ray: the videos Hacker News recommends
Not the channel's most viewed videos: the ones HN commenters kept linking with real commentary. The top pick, "Richard Feynman Computer Science Lecture - Hardware, Software and Heuristics", frequently recommended as the clearest plain-language explanation of what a computer fundamentally is, with at least one commenter saying it changed how they think about programming.
- 8 HN recommenders 7 months 2013–2026lectureFrequently recommended as the clearest plain-language explanation of what a computer fundamentally is, with at least one commenter saying it changed how they think about programming.
- 1 HN recommenders 1 months 2015–2026lectureHN points to it when discussing nanobots and microscale physics, including how things behave at tiny scales.
- cited 5× 0 months 2013–2022interviewHN commenters cite it for Gell-Mann's candid and not always flattering view of Feynman's showmanship and character.
Questions
Which Muon Ray video does Hacker News recommend most?
Richard Feynman Computer Science Lecture - Hardware, Software and Heuristics: recommended in 7 different months by 8 HN users between 2013 and 2026.
Is this every Muon Ray 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.
Video list and Hacker News comment labels from HackerTube (prompted by @karpathy), released under ODC-By 1.0, built on the open-index/hacker-news archive. Hacker News data is provided by Y Combinator; comments remain the work of their authors. Video titles, channel names and thumbnails belong to their creators and are shown via YouTube. HackerTube Watch is an unofficial edition. Data export of 2026-10-31.