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K Lars Lohn - Keynote - PyCon 2016

PyCon 2016 · talk · Watch on YouTube

Python, Ruby & scripting languagesMusic theory, synthesis & productionCreative coding & generative art

What it is

K Lars Lohn's PyCon 2016 keynote weaves together music theory, programming, biking road trips and fractals. It is a personal, wide-ranging talk rather than a Python how-to.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Commenters call it a mind-blowing, beautiful talk and cite it among their favorite tech talks.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 4 strong recommendations
  • first 2016, last 2021

What HN commenters said

  1. “It's a beautiful talk about music, programming, biking, and life”

    Beautiful keynote about music, programming, biking and life

    jordigh, 2016-06 · Strong recommendation · in “Pycon 2016 videos now available”

  2. “You should perhaps watch this incredible video from PyCon 2016”

    Incredible talk on music, road trips, software and fractals

    denfromufa, 2016-07 · Strong recommendation · in “Harmony Explained: Progress Towards a Scientific Theory of Music”

  3. “The first two talks that really blew my mind are”

    One of the first talks that blew the commenter's mind

    webdevatlurk, 2018-04 · Strong recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?”

  4. “K. Lars Lohn is the man.”

    Praise for the speaker

    smitty1e, 2019-08 · Strong recommendation · in “Thank you, Chris”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: keynote, music theory, fractals, pycon, creativity

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