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We can now watch Grace Hopper’s famed 1982 lecture on YouTube (arstechnica.com)
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Hopper's famous 1982 lecture on "Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People," has long been publicly unavailable because of the obsolete media on which it was recorded. The National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) finally managed to retrieve the footage for the National Security Agency (NSA), which posted the lecture in two parts on YouTube.

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[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 20 points 1 month ago (2 children)

If anyone ever deserved a tribute song by They Might Be Giants, it's this lady.

Thanks!

[–] Contentedness@lemmy.nz 7 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I know facts about the sun from They Might Be Giants!

[–] Brad@beehaw.org 7 points 1 month ago

I know which city used to be Constantinople, thanks to They Might Be Giants!

[–] derbis@beehaw.org 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Wait did they do one?

[–] perishthethought@lemm.ee 2 points 1 month ago

No, not yet, but they should!