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Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p>Today we remember <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AdaLovelace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdaLovelace</span></a> Day, famed for her work on <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/CharlesBabbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CharlesBabbage</span></a>'s proposed mechanical computer, the <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/AnalyticalEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnalyticalEngine</span></a>.<br>In 1843, Lovelace published what would now be recognized as a <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/computerprogram" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>computerprogram</span></a> to generate Bernoulli numbers and was the first to see the creative potential of Babbage's machine.<br>As for the day honoring Lovelace, its goal is to increase the profile of women in STEM and encourage more girls into <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/STEM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>STEM</span></a> careers. <br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/08/ada_lovelace_day/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2024/10/08/ada</span><span class="invisible">_lovelace_day/</span></a></p>
Bruce Sterling @bruces<p>*I'll probably die before amybody figures this out, but that's nowhere near so painful as trying and failing to do it <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AnalyticalEngine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AnalyticalEngine</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/steampunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steampunk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Babbage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Babbage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Turin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Turin</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/AdaLovelace" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdaLovelace</span></a></p><p><a href="https://medium.com/@bruces/the-mysterious-visit-of-mr-babbage-by-bruce-sterling-2017-7c941028c4d8" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@bruces/the-mysteri</span><span class="invisible">ous-visit-of-mr-babbage-by-bruce-sterling-2017-7c941028c4d8</span></a></p>
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