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The Supermen

by Charles J. Murray · 1997

Charles J. Murray on Seymour Cray and the engineering culture behind supercomputing.

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Recommended HN transcript of Twitter AMA answer comment

Documented citation: A Hacker News commenter transcribed Altman's Twitter AMA answer to a question about the best books he recommends for a young startup founder and listed The Supermen.

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Hacker News / Algolia API · 2015-10-21 · accessed 2026-06-22

A Hacker News commenter transcribed Altman answering a Twitter AMA question about the best books he recommends for a young startup founder; Altman later confirmed the disputed Art of War in the Middle Ages title in the same thread.

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