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[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 7 points 14 hours ago

I'm not sure of the timeframe of this, but it could be referring to the time when calculations were done by women by hand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Computers

[-] nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee 2 points 11 hours ago* (last edited 10 hours ago)

could be referring to "mad men" era secretaries as ibm era computers were just better fancier word processors/typewriters

edit: or maybe like IT helpdesk staff who are like janitors (i.e. they don't see a difference between calling environmental services for a clogged toilet vs IT for a bricked computer)

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 14 hours ago

That's still big brain though

[-] xthexder@l.sw0.com 4 points 13 hours ago

They were paid basically minimum wage, so they weren't treated the best. They were doing important work, and I personally have a lot of respect for it, but it was (and still is) an uphill battle against sexism.

[-] pineapplelover@lemm.ee 1 points 7 hours ago

Oh I'm sure they were treated unfairly. Just stating that I got big respect for those pioneers.

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