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Oh! I've just watched the first 5 mins, definitely going to watch it all. She's legit already funny.
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A famous lecture given in 1982 by computer science pioneer Grace Hopper, “Future Possibilities: Data, Hardware, Software, and People”, has long been publicly unavailable but is now on YouTube. https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/08/we-can-now-watch-grace-hoppers-famed-1982-lecture-on-youtube/
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:replied to Sara Joy :happy_pepper: last edited by
Oh nice. She was about to go into talking about planning good infrastructure for the upcoming computer information networks - and decided to make an analogy as to how the car boom lead to the US forgetting about other transportation, like rail.
Yep yep yep.
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:replied to Sara Joy :happy_pepper: last edited by
She's since gone into the value of information, how some ("the chemical plant is about to explode unless you shut part N down") is more valuable than other ("Jim worked 2 hours of overtime"), and how costly incorrect information can be.
She used the example of a personnel database and how incorrect information could lead to negative outcomes for people, who have a right to sue over it.
I can't help but extrapolate to *mis*information, wilfully incorrect information that can have extreme costs.
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Sara Joy :happy_pepper:replied to Sara Joy :happy_pepper: last edited by
She's my new hero.