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[โ€“] Jankatarch@lemmy.world 36 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago) (1 children)

Margaret Hamilton standing next to listings of the software that she and her MIT team produced for the Apollo Project.

The books are taller than her height

[โ€“] Jessvj93@lemmy.world 10 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 7 hours ago)

I love her, and the code she used is adorable:

"LOL Memory" (Core Rope): The code was literally woven into hardware by women in factories, dubbed "Little Old Lady" memory.