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Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace

Posted by timothy on from the embroidered-or-not dept.

theodp writes: To commemorate the 200th birthday of Ada Lovelace, Google's CS Education in Media Program partnered with YouTube Kids on Happy Birthday Ada! for Computer Science Education Week. For those seeking (much!) more information on The Enchantress of Numbers, Stephen Wolfram has penned a pretty epic blog post, Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace. "Ada Lovelace was born 200 years ago today," Wolfram begins. "To some she is a great hero in the history of computing; to others an overestimated minor figure. I've been curious for a long time what the real story is. And in preparation for her bicentennial, I decided to try to solve what for me has always been the 'mystery of Ada'." If you're not up for the full 12,000+ word read, skip to "The Final Story" for the TL;DR summary.

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  1. But there are no women in STEM by 0100010001010011 · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    At least that's what the narrative Dice has been pushing.

  2. SJW Monday! by vel-ex-tech · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Ah, I get it! They've moved SJW Friday to Monday. Brilliant!

    This still doesn't explain why two very talented women I know don't have programming jobs, you shitlords. This still doesn't explain why both were chased out of the field by asshole managers.

  3. Most women aren't too smart by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    I agree there are a few so I guess its right to make a big deal about them.