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Happy Ada Lovelace Day (findingada.com)
Today is Ada Lovelace Day, a time to celebrate the achievements of women in STEM fields. Several publications have put together lists of notable women to commemorate the day, such as tech pioneers, robotics experts, and historical engineers and scientists. Other are taking the opportunity to keep pushing against the elements of tech culture that remain sexist. From the BBC:
On Ada Lovelace Day, four female engineers from around the world share their experiences of working in male-dominated professions. When Isis Anchalee's employer OneLogin asked her to take part in its recruitment campaign, she didn't rush to consult the selfie-loving Kardashian sisters for styling tips. "I was wearing very minimal make-up. I didn't brush my hair that day," she said. But the resulting image of Ms Anchalee created a social media storm when it appeared on Bart, the San Francisco metro. Lots of people questioned whether she really was an engineer. "It was not just limited to women — it resonates with every single person who doesn't fit with what the stereotype should look like," she said.
"My parents, my brother, my community, all were against me," said Sovita Dahal of her decision to pursue a career in technology. "I was going against traditional things. In my schooldays I was fascinated by electronic equipment like motors, transformers and LED lights. Later on this enthusiasm became my passion and ultimately my career," she said.
"My parents, my brother, my community, all were against me," said Sovita Dahal of her decision to pursue a career in technology. "I was going against traditional things. In my schooldays I was fascinated by electronic equipment like motors, transformers and LED lights. Later on this enthusiasm became my passion and ultimately my career," she said.
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I don't get why more don't just go to school and learn STEM. I really don't see it as a problem, other than getting laid in University. That will happen later.
have a hen party and bitch about what pigs men are. Such progress from the coffee klatches of 40 years ago where housewives would have morning hen parties and bitch about their husbands.
"I don't know, therefore Aliens" Wafflebox1
There is quite a long list of women who deserve recognition. No need to fret over the name, Lovelace was picked because she was the first, not necessarily the one who made the greatest contribution. That's all.
Others mentioned in the various articles:
Joan Clarke, Betty Webb, Mary Every (Bletchly code breaker)
Radia Perlman (Spanning Tree Protocol)
Hedy Lamarr (frequency hopping)
Zoe Quinn, Anita Sarkeesian, Brianna Wu (speaking out on harassment and women's issues)
Mitchell Baker (Mozilla)
Lila Tretikov (Wikipedia)
Emily Warren Roebling (Bro0kelyn Bridge)
Lise Meitner (nuclear physics)
Sophie Germain (mathematician)
Grace Murray Hopper (computer science, coined "debug")
Sheryl Sandberg (Facebook COO)
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
Lots of noted computer scientists have written software for machines that didn't exist. No-one built a Turing machine during Turing's lifetime, for example. Several people wrote software for quantum computers before they existed.
Writing theoretical software for theoretical machines is a useful way of figuring out if they are worth building or if the design could be modified to perform better. Lovelace's work influenced Babbage's later designs, which in turn influenced the development of other machines that were eventually built.
const int one = 65536; (Silvermoon, Texture.cs)
SJW, n: "Someone I don't like, and by the way I'm a fuckwit" - AC
I'm done with slashdot. No more faux-outrage mentally ill social engineer victim narratives will take up another instant of my time, thanks. If anyone can recommend a better site for actual tech issues leave it in the comments.