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Grace Hopper on Letterman

TheLazlo101 · interview · Watch on YouTube

History of computingTech pioneers & interviewsFundamental physics

What it is

Grace Hopper appears on Letterman and uses a foot-long piece of wire to show how far light travels in a nanosecond.

Why Hacker News recommends it

Brought up whenever latency, light speed or the size of a nanosecond comes up, as the classic physical demonstration.

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What HN commenters said

  1. “this seminal scene between the great, late Grace Hopper and David Letterman”

    Grace Hopper shows Letterman the foot-per-nanosecond wire demonstration

    bouvin, 2017-12 · Recommendation · in “The fifth hyperfactorial: 5⁵ × 4⁴ × 3³ × 2² × 1¹ milliseconds is exactly 1 day”

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Topics: grace hopper, nanosecond, letterman, latency, computing history

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