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  • Boris Schapiraborisschapira@framapiaf.org
    Oct 8, 2026, 5:29 AM

    Also, folks: it's possible to talk about a great woman of science without systematically using a photo of her when she was young.

    Margaret Hamilton spent her whole life in science, coined the term 'software engineering,' and led a company that essentially pioneered software quality assurance.

    She was far more than a cute young woman looking overwhelmed by the height of her own code — which is impressive in itself, but I'm tired of women always being reduced to their twenties.

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  • HeliographHeliograph@mastodon.au
    Oct 8, 2026, 6:39 AM

    @borisschapira I wished she had piled that code up again a few decades later... bit like the Beatles went back to that crossing

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  • Patrick H. Laukepatrick_h_lauke@mastodon.social
    Oct 8, 2026, 2:36 PM

    @borisschapira if that photo was somehow irrelevant, i'd agree. but this is exactly related to the monumental achievement that most news/articles directly mention when talking about her. they're not just using it to find a "cute young woman" photo of her. c'mon, this skirts the line of "i really WANT to find something to rant about"

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