Engineer wiring an IBM computer, USA, 1948

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Majorllama@lemmy.world · 26 pts · 1y (4 replies)

I'm surprised she was able to plug anything in with her boobs in the way.

/s

I am so glad I don't have to deal with computers like that in my life. I cannot imagine the troubleshooting steps involved with figuring out which of the 73,698 wires you plugged into the wrong place.

moody@lemmings.world · 23 pts · 1y (3 replies)

They're all off by one position.

Majorllama@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y

I never thought reading a sentence could give me RSI. haha

Deceptichum@quokk.au · 8 pts · 1y (1 reply)
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JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y

...which tanks via small omissions in logic and missing semicolons.

Maeve@kbin.earth · 5 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I wonder if this is a similar model to the ones used to catalogue certain prisoners?

MajorMajormajormajor@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y

That's an engineer, not a model.

darklamer@lemmy.dbzer0.com · -19 pts · 1y (3 replies)
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Grass@sh.itjust.works · 18 pts · 1y

what evidence do you have that she wasn't?

e_mc2@feddit.nl · 14 pts · 1y

Why do you question her, where you probably would not give it a second thought if this was a man, you misogynistic pos.

coronach@lemmy.sdf.org · 7 pts · 1y

I think that anyone wiring like that gets the title of engineer.