Post #1871570
2026-04-30 23:14 UTC
...and just as concerns about class probably delayed Whittle's jet engine by several years, @histoftech does a masterful job in "Programmed Inequality" of showing how entrenched misogyny in Britain destroyed that country's lead in the development of the computer.
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@ltning@pleroma.anduin.net 2026-05-01 08:05
@fluidlogic I heard of this and when I did it was instantly and depressingly obvious that yep, that's how it had to go. @histoftech