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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: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harvard_Computers

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nonfuinoncuro@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
could be referring to “mad men” era secretaries as ibm era computers were just better fancier word processors/typewriters

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pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
That’s still big brain though

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- xthexder@l.sw0.com ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ 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.
  
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  - pineapplelover@lemm.ee ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago
    Oh I’m sure they were treated unfairly. Just stating that I got big respect for those pioneers.
    
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