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Always remember : ‘Computer’ was the word for a woman who did calculations.
There’s a reason that the patterns for jacquard looms were effectively the first computer programs.
Knitting and crochet patterns are essentially machine language code.
Quilting traditions incorporating geometric patterning and permutations mixed with optical effects is all of a piece of this. (Pun very much intended.)
#Quilting #Misogyny #MathIsWomensWork #Women #Math #Computing #ComputingHistory #Crafts #Knitting #Crochet
Hmmm... 🤔
theguardian.com/technology/202…
#Computing #QuantumPhysics #QuantumComputing
Google unveils ‘mindboggling’ quantum computing chip
Chip takes minutes to complete tasks that would otherwise take 10,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 yearsRobert Booth (The Guardian)