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24 alternatives to Watch talks from hacker conferences like a TV channel

Hacker Talks is a platform that streams talks from hacker conferences in a continuous format similar to traditional television. Launched in 2011, it aggregates presentations from security and technology conferences… Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Watch talks from hacker conferences like a TV channel launched in 2011; newer entries below may have overtaken it.

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Awesome Talks▲366
Watch amazing tech talks curated by the community ❤️
2018 · its alternatives →
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Hacker News Talk, a Chrome extension for real-time commentary▲48
2013 · chrome.google.com · its alternatives →
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HN Theater – Talks and Videos of Hacker News▲106
HN Theater collects, ranks, and showcases the best talks and videos that have been recommended on Hacker News.
2020 · yahnd.com · its alternatives →
4IM
I made a Hacker News for podcasts▲367
2016 · podcastrank.co · its alternatives →
5HD
Hacker Daily, a daily podcast for Hacker News readers▲199
2018 · hackerdaily.co · its alternatives →
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Hackers Chat▲80
A new experiment in online communities
2018 · its alternatives →
7HN
Hacker News IRC channel▲40
2012 · webchat.freenode.net · its alternatives →
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Talk▲171
A free & open-source group video call thats works in browser
2021 · its alternatives →
9HN
Hacker News Comments▲189
2012 · hncomments.nathancahill.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News in real-time▲68
2011 · hackerstream.com · its alternatives →
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HackerForums.co, a forum for the crowd that hangs out on HN▲175
2018 · hackerforums.co · its alternatives →
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HackHub▲139
Host tech events and hackathons with ease 👨‍💻🛠
2018 · hackhub.com · its alternatives →
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HackerCouch▲162
Hospitality for Hackers, by Hackers.
2015 · hackercouch.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News API▲317
Hacker News now has an API. Awesome. :)
2014 · ycombinator.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News TV▲141
A 24/7 TV station made up from the best HN videos
2019 · crowdform.studio · its alternatives →
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Talk – A free group video call app with screen sharing▲310
Free group video call for the web. No signups. No downloads. - vasanthv/ahey
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
17HR
hackernews.roundtable.audio turns HN posts into live audio discussions▲109
2021 · hackernews.roundtable.audio · its alternatives →
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Hackerhunt – categorised curation of Show HN submissions▲335
2017 · hackerhunt.co · its alternatives →
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HackerCouch▲188
Couchsurfing for hackers, by hackers
2015 · hackercouch.com · its alternatives →
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Bored Hackers – A public chatroom for hackers▲14
2018 · boredhackers.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker Atlas - A map of what Hacker News talks about▲88
28d ago · hackeratlas.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News Trends▲137
2020 · eliot-jones.com · its alternatives →
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Find HN threads about the page you're browsing▲260
Web Extension: Easily find Hacker News discussions about the page you're currently browsing. - pinoceniccola/what-hn-says-webext
2020 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hacker News Discourse turns HN stories into Clubhouse-style audio rooms▲36
I'm Seth, creator of discourse.fm, a browser-based tool/platform to create live audio chat rooms. I just launched an extension of the site - https://hackernews.discourse.fm/ - which pulls stories in real-time from the HN site using the public API, and enables anyone to join a live audio discussion about the story (think Clubhouse rooms autogenerated for HN stories). Once you enter a room, you can grab the link generated for a room and paste it back to the comments on the HN story to invite more participants. hackernews.discourse.fm is both a full-fledged product and a…
2021 · its alternatives →

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