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shenmue

(38,538 posts) Sat Jun 15, 2024, 08:56 AM Jun 2024

Lynn Conway, a transgender woman who pioneered a method of making ever smaller computer chips, has passed

https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/06/13/lynn-conway-dead/

She was 86.

Rest in peace.

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Lynn Conway, a transgender woman who pioneered a method of making ever smaller computer chips, has passed (Original Post) shenmue Jun 2024 OP

She was a true pioneer LostOne4Ever Jun 2024 #1

Here's a video about her from PBS: hunter Sep 30 #2

LostOne4Ever

(9,603 posts)

1. She was a true pioneer

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Sat Jun 15, 2024, 09:54 AM

Jun 2024

The fact that she was fired for being trans from IBM only to revolutionize computing anyway proves that!

hunter

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2. Here's a video about her from PBS:

Reply to shenmue (Original post)

Mon Sep 30, 2024, 11:37 AM

Sep 30

The transgender inventor, Lynn Conway, is largely to thank for the device you’re using right now. But you might not know her name, because the contributions made by women, BIPOC and the LGBTQ+ community in the tech industry have long been dismissed – sometimes even erased. This phenomenon has been dubbed the "Conway Effect" by Lynn Conway, the late transgender microchip genius whose inventions forever changed our world. What exactly is the Conway Effect? And what does it say about our culture?

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