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Programmers then and now (lemmy.ml)

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You can throw Margaret Hamilton in there, who was in charge of the software team that landed people on the moon. The picture of her standing next to a printout of the Apollo guidance software is iconic.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

At first I thought this was the Wicked Witch of the West's actress and thought she must have been multitalented. Then I looked it up to verify. Nope, same name, different women.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 day ago

If you want famous actresses who contributed to technology, you want Hedy Lamarr:

At the beginning of World War II, along with George Antheil, Lamarr co-invented a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of radio jamming by the Axis powers.