New ask Hacker News story: Ask HN: What's the best YouTube lecture you've seen recently?

Ask HN: What's the best YouTube lecture you've seen recently?
4 by kamphey | 4 comments on Hacker News.
What's the best youtube lecture you've seen recently? I just finished Brandon Sanderson's Writing Science Fiction and Fantasy so looking for more to dive into for a few hours a day.

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