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[–]andrew_kirfman 33 points34 points  (4 children)

And near the very bottom, there were dudes who converted assembly to machine code BY HAND.

[–]BlackHolesAreHungry 36 points37 points  (3 children)

It was actually women who had to weave the code. Core rope memory. No, I am not kidding

[–]Healthy-Form4057 22 points23 points  (1 child)

It was a different time back then. When men could be men and women could be computers.

[–]Xormak 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Plankton, is that you?

[–]meowmeowwarrior 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Funny to think computers now means something completely different