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> "Wish there was a good book about the history of crays. It's the kind of thing you hear talked about but are unlikely to ever see." That would be a great rea
by strictnein 10y ago
> "Wish there was a good book about the history of crays. It's the kind of thing you hear talked about but are unlikely to ever see."
That would be a great read.
My favorite Cray tidbit: for fun, Seymour Cray dug tunnels underneath his home, and had a lot of his breakthroughs while doing so.
he attributed the secret of his success to "visits by elves" while he worked in the tunnel:
"While I'm digging in the tunnel, the elves will often come to me with solutions to my problem."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Cray#Personal_life https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seymour_Cray#Personal_life
- astrodust 10y agoHe'd also famously construct a sailboat, sail around in it, and then torch it at the end of the season so he'd have to construct another one.
- sedachv 10y agoMy favorite Seymour Cray anecdote is from Alan Kay when he did an AMA here on hn a few months ago: "Seymour Cray was a man of few words. I was there for three weeks before I realized he was not the janitor." https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11941941 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11941941