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Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)

National Security Agency · 179.8K views · 2024-08-26 · 48:40

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Part one of Capt. Grace Hopper's 1982 NSA lecture on the future of data, hardware, software and people. It includes her humor, her nanosecond demonstration and views on scaling and resisting old ways of doing things.

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HN enjoys it as a funny, quotable lecture from a bygone era, with lines about horizontal scaling and change that still resonate.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2024–2026

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joschuaantares · 2026-05 · Recommendation

I find Grace Hopper's lectures very entertaining, even though they seem to come from a bygone era when viewed from today's perspective. [VIDEO] [LINK]

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joshstrange · 2024-08 · Recommendation

I can't wait to watch this later. I watched just a few minutes starting at this timestamp [0] (it was linked in another comment) and it was gold, I love her sense of humor. [0] [VIDEO]

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throw0101b · 2025-07 · Reference

> Light speed is ~3ns per metre, so maybe the lowered speed through the fibre? Obligatory Adm. Grace Hopper nanosecond reference: * [VIDEO]

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