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- 1Los Alamos turned to ENIAC for nuclear Monte Carlo simulations●Los Alamos bets on ENIAC: Nuclear Monte Carlo simulations, 1947–1948 (2014) [pdf]
A 2014 paper recounts how Los Alamos scientists used the ENIAC computer in 1947 and 1948 to run Monte Carlo simulations of nuclear processes, an early landmark in scientific computing. The history highlights how gambling-inspired statistical methods and early electronic computers combined to shape weapons research and modern computational science. Readers are sharing the document and discussing the origins of simulation techniques still widely used today.
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A Columbia University computing history page recounts how programmers operated the ENIAC, one of the first electronic general-purpose computers, in the 1940s. Early coding meant physically rewiring the machine rather than writing software, work largely done by a group of women mathematicians whose contribution went long unrecognised. The story is drawing fresh attention from readers interested in computing history.
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A 2011 piece on the ENIAC programmers is drawing fresh attention. The six women hired by the US Army to program the pioneering ENIAC computer at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1940s were long overlooked in computing history, and readers are sharing the Columbia University computing history page documenting their work and legacy.
- 4Fan-made AI-themed song pits Eniac against Caine▼AI Bros (Eniac vs Caine Theme Song)【THE AMAZING DIGITAL CIRCUS FAN 3D MUSIC VIDEO】
A new fan-made 3D music video themed around The Amazing Digital Circus is drawing big attention, built around a song called 'AI Bros' that frames a rivalry between Eniac and the show's ringmaster character Caine. The animated musical has racked up well over a million likes, reflecting the fandom's appetite for character-driven songs and animated battles between its artificial-intelligence figures.
- 5APPOFENIACS: A Technology Film About Human Behavior▼APPOFENIACS - A Technology Movie about Human Behavior
APPOFENIACS is being described as a technology movie about human behavior. The project frames its focus on how people interact with and are shaped by technology, putting the human element at the center of a genre usually dominated by gadgets and software. Beyond that framing, few concrete details about the film's content, creators, or release are available.
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A Columbia University computing history page on programming the ENIAC has drawn renewed attention. The 2011 piece recounts how the machine, one of the earliest electronic general-purpose computers built at the University of Pennsylvania in the 1940s, was programmed by hand-switching cables and setting switches, work famously carried out by six women mathematicians. Readers are revisiting the story as an early milestone in computing and a notable moment in the history of women in technology.
- 7Columbia retrospective revisits how the ENIAC was programmed●Programming the ENIAC(2011) https://www.columbia.edu/cu/computinghistory/eniac.html # HackerNews # Tech # History
A 2011 essay from Columbia University's computing history archive on programming the ENIAC is circulating again among tech readers. The piece recounts how the pioneering electronic computer, completed in the 1940s, was programmed by physically rewiring and configuring its components rather than by stored software. Readers are sharing it as a reminder of how radically programming has changed since the earliest days of modern computing.