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MIT Whirlwind I: A High-Speed Electronic Digital Computer (1951)

https://dome.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.3/40245/MC665_r12_R-209.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
10•stmw•5d ago

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stmw•5d ago
Also see the much larger digital archive of Whirlwind documents https://archivesspace.mit.edu/repositories/2/resources/1157/...
ggm•47m ago
Not implying whirlwind is the ur-machine, or originated terms of art, just noting that a lot of language in 1951 could be understood to apply in a domain-specific sense to a modern computer scientist: the jargon we use now, includes terms of art that these people use.

They are therefore at least 75 years old.

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Claude Cowork exfiltrates files

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156•samwillis•7h ago•78 comments

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33•aebtebeten•1d ago•36 comments

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475•OptionOfT•4d ago•249 comments

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