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A Very Brief History of Computing, 1948-2015 [video]
(
gresham.ac.uk
)
33 points
by
edsykes
3812 days ago
3 comments
walshemj
3811 days ago
If your in London Gresham College do a wide range of interesting lectures I can recommend having a look at their program.
They go back over 400 years
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tslug
3811 days ago
Summary: Capitalism corrupted software engineering, because you get rewarded for getting to market quickly and selling maintenance contracts, not for making quality software, free of defects and security vulnerabilities.
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timetoswitch
3811 days ago
I wish they would just host the video on YouTube so it would stream quickly. I'm getting pause after pause here.
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They go back over 400 years