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Re:The Legend of von Neumann [pdf] by bicepjai on Friday October 02, 2026 @11:13AM (#49934412)
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.
Re:The Legend of von Neumann [pdf] by chihuahua on Friday October 02, 2026 @02:38PM (#49936996)
How else would you predict the weather? By observing a frog in a terrarium?
Re:The Legend of von Neumann [pdf] by bicepjai on Friday October 02, 2026 @05:40PM (#49938941)
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.