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ACFM Microdose: Women and Technology w/ Katrine Marçal

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Computer Power, Rat Power in Girl Years, a Kilo Girls

First computers were people, right, who were doing computing. And this became a profession that was not very high status. So these or women sitting in rooms doing calculationing over and over again. That's what they're doing. Ra or go ber in rows on desksand yor calculating stuff,. ting, or categorizing, or e these sort of things. The first measurement used of computer power was how many feura company, if you can to buy this big new electronic machine, how many girls will that replace? How much girl power can be replaced by this computer power? This is literally how they were talking about it - which i find absolutely fascinating.

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