Show HN: TechYaks – Best of 50k tech talks ranked by confidence intervals
Hey HN, here’s the result of gathering as many tech talks as I could find and then trying a bunch of ranking heuristics to find one that produced reasonable results.  I’m currently using the lower bound of each talk’s Wilson score confidence interval based on likes and dislikes.<p>I find good tech talks to be a combo of entertainment and broadening my toolbox of programming concepts.  When I hit good talk I generally do a double take, “wha, I have not thought that way before.”  There are definitely some good talks in this list.<p>There are a few great “Awesome Talks” lists that I’ve enjoyed perusing, but I’ve found that talk title intrigue does not seem to correlate with talk quality.  So in lists of 50+ talks I have a hard time finding the “next best talk”.<p>I’m keen to get feedback on the site as is but also if there is interest in a “top tech talks” in the last month (or X unit of time) style of digest.<p>Hopefully there is a talk in here that gives you a double take.<p>Enjoy,
~yaj