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Ask HN: What are the most inspiring media you've consumed in the last 5 years?

2•hashim•1h ago
Almost 5 years ago I asked about technically-inspiring media - movies, shows and documentaries that help you summon the constant motivation needed to single-handedly build a web app or bootstrap a startup. Alternatively, media that isn't technical but captures the other skills needed to build something to profitability, like sales or persistence, e.g. The Pursuit of Happyness.

So as not to repeat the common results of the other thread, this time I'm asking about media released in the last 5 years, but in almost any form you can think of - movies, TV shows, documentaries, podcasts, YouTube channels, books and so on.

Original thread here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29106967

Comments

verdverm•40m ago
Opus 23 - artistic with deep thoughts on the Ai phenomenon

https://youtu.be/1CbmC2aWhjY?is=U8WXPxhBCqmDlI4Y

Pretty much anything with Adam Tooze

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Do Not Trust, Continuously Verify (Your AI Agents)

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Apple says it's tightening macOS privacy controls amid the rise of AI agents

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Easl.sh – your agents diagrams need somewhere to live

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Simulating death can reduce people's fear of dying

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Deposition – Ann Altman vs. Sam Altman [video]

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Design Systems for AI Agents

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A man who looked into the 'actual beating heart' of the financial system

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Three spam complaints and your SaaS is in the spam folder

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The Jubilee Colony: A Walk Through the Working Class Past

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How does Quantum Mechanics work?

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An auto-expanding catalog of chaotic attractors made with edge computing

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Uncle Bob: Why I Stopped Reading Code and Building Harnesses [video]

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TurboPython – A Python-to-C++ Compiler

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A matching Delphi decompilation of Space Rangers game by GPT-6 Astra

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Shed Skin v0.9.14, v1.0 coming soon

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