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   Ruth Mottram (ruth_mottram@fediscience.org)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 20:04:08 JST Ruth Mottram

   Most of the specialised computers/servers at work are named for DWEMs* (or pagan gods/goddesses), so at casual lunch conversation yesterday we brainstormed a few #WomenInSTEM names for the next generation of servers (we came up with Meitner, Hammer + Lehman, maybe Curie is too obvious) - but why stick with white women, what other more diverse candidates should we have for naming servers etc after? Would love some more suggestions to take to IT.
   #EDI #Diversity

   *(Dead, White, European Males).

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 20:20:27 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     Though "white" from a post-WWI perspective, IMO it will be hard to find anyone more deserving in IT than Hedwig Eva Maria Kiesler, aka #HedyMamarr.

     "...received a patent for an idea of a radio signaling device, or "Secret Communications System," which was a means of changing radio frequencies to keep enemies from decoding messages. Originally designed to defeat the German Nazis, the system became...

     https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr

     https://social.tchncs.de/@nikita/111617306872780339

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     HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴 (histopol@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 21-Dec-2023 20:21:14 JST HistoPol (#HP) 🥥 🌴

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     ...an important step in the development of technology to maintain the security of both military communications and cellular phones."

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     https://www.biography.com/actors/hedy-lamarr

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     Ruth Mottram (ruth_mottram@fediscience.org)'s status on Friday, 22-Dec-2023 00:18:45 JST Ruth Mottram

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     @HistoPol that's a great suggestion actually!