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Capt. Grace Hopper on Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People (Part One, 1982)
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 HN readers recommended it
HN enjoys it as a funny, quotable lecture from a bygone era, with lines about horizontal scaling and change that still resonate.
This is a summary from the source dataset, not an endorsement by Hacker News or the video creator.
Video & recommendation details
- Creator / channel
- National Security Agency
- Topic
- grace hopper lecture
- Format
- lecture
- Level
- general
- HN recommenders in dataset
- 2
- HN mentions in dataset
- 7
- Recommendation years in dataset
- 2024–2026
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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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]
joshstrange on Hacker News · 2024-08
In NSA releases 1982 Grace Hopper lectureI 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]
joschuaantares on Hacker News · 2026-05
In Ask HN: What is your favourite tech talk?
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