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

National Security Agency · lecture · Watch on YouTube

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 2 people recommended it
  • 2 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2024, last 2026

What HN commenters said

  1. “it was gold, I love her sense of humor.”

    Hopper's lecture with a great sense of humor

    joshstrange, 2024-08 · Recommendation · in “NSA releases 1982 Grace Hopper lecture”

  2. “I find Grace Hopper's lectures very entertaining”

    Entertaining lectures from a bygone era

    joschuaantares, 2026-05 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?”

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Topics: grace hopper, computing history, nsa, 1982, scaling

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