‹ BackHN Continuity

Thread

The Legend of von Neumann (1973) [pdf]

311 points · 186 comments · suopspaces

  1. bicepjai · · focus · HN ↗
    I remember reading about how he was also a pioneer in using early supercomputers to predict weather patterns in meteorology. I never thought to combine supercomputers and weather before.
    1. chihuahua · · focus · HN ↗
      How else would you predict the weather? By observing a frog in a terrarium?
      1. bicepjai · · focus · HN ↗
        Ouch that was harsh Doggy. This is what we get for not using llm to post replies :) Corrected: I never thought first use of supercomputers were for meteorology, which was spearheaded by him.
Open on Hacker News to reply ↗

Unofficial Hacker News client; not affiliated with Y Combinator.