Symphony of Science - 'We Are All Connected' (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)
Why Hacker News recommends it
Linked casually as a fitting companion when threads turn to awe at the universe.
What it is
A Symphony of Science music video that auto-tunes samples of Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson and Bill Nye into a song about the wonder of the universe.
Recommended by 0 HN commenters across 0 different months, 2010 to 2017.
What Hacker News said
Cites mortenjorck · 2010-01 · on “The universe is a very big place”
It's interesting to me how dramatic music always tends to accompany this subject. Whether you prefer the religious or secular variety, I think it's safe to say there's something universally spiritual about visualizing the universe. A thought which pretty much begs a link to Symphony of Science: [this video]
Cites tmsh · 2010-02 · on “Richard P. Feynman - The Relation of Science and Religion”
Quite interesting (would've been VERY interesting in the 50's). Splitting the way of looking at the world into two sides -- religion and science -- is itself a 'perspective', if you will. But establishing that dichotomy is somewhat useful. I find in coding that I need to be humble and 'doubting' in the scientific sense. But I also find that I need to have faith during e.g. long refactorings. I'm not even joking. It may seem trite to apply it directly to programming, but considering the difference of the world of 2010 and the world of 1956 -- it's nice to see some of his insights are quite relevant. (The naive part in his understanding, imho, which anything written in the 50's would be a part
Cites fantasyui-com · 2017-01 · on “Ask HN: What is the best tech stack to develop a SAAS Service?”
Heart and Love, or Ghosts in the Machine. You learn what is evolving, and you grab onto it, and evolve right with it. This is easy territory for flame wars and "whatever fits you"/"there is no best stack", but that's not the full picture. Your survival depends on what you know, life is full of surprises, death in family, cancers, car accidents, addiction, breakups, and depression. Imagine a warrior, ask him, "what is the best weapon?" and can you really imagine him saying "There is no best weapon", no, s/he would never say that. You go on the most popular code hosting website, you sort by number of stars and begin at the top. To give you a specific answer "iOS, Android and a Web App" in cont