THE VIDEO SHELF · error correcting codes
But what are Hamming codes? The origin of error correction
3Blue1Brown's discovery-oriented introduction to error correction codes, building up Hamming codes from the puzzle of locating a flipped bit. It explains the parity-check idea and why it is so efficient.
Why HN readers recommended it
HN recommends it as an invaluable, intuitive explanation of Hamming codes that pairs well with hardware-oriented treatments.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- 3Blue1Brown
- Topic
- error correcting codes
- Format
- explainer
- Level
- intro
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 4
- HN mentions in dataset
- 4
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2020–2023
These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.
From the original HN conversations
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To understand how error correction works and to learn more about Hamming codes & Reed-Solomon, 3Blue1Brown and Ben Eater were invaluable. 3Blue1Brown and Ben Eater are by far some of the best educational content creators within their fields, mathematics and computer engineering respectively. I would …
Hanschri on Hacker News · 2022-11
In The essence of Reed-Solomon codingNice! pairs well with the 3Blue1Br video on the subject: [VIDEO] Hamming's book The Art of doing Science and Engineer's a solid read. Mixed topics, centered around problem solving techniques, and pitfalls.
the__alchemist on Hacker News · 2020-09
In What is error correction? Hamming codes in hardware by Ben Eater [video]I'm a big fan of this video from Reducible on Huffman codes: [LINK] , and from 3Blue1Brown on Hamming codes: [VIDEO]
adamisntdead on Hacker News · 2021-09
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