[HN Gopher] IBM and the Holocaust
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       IBM and the Holocaust
        
       Author : areoform
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2021-01-05 20:30 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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 (TXT) w3m dump (en.wikipedia.org)
        
       | ncmncm wrote:
       | IBM's firing of Lynn Conway (inventor of superscalar execution
       | and, later, principles of large-scale chip design that enabled
       | exploiting Moore's Law) entirely because she pursued sex change
       | treatment, was of a piece with their close sympathy with the Nazi
       | regime:
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       | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_f%C3%BCr_Sexualwissen...
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       | After the war, the machines were returned to IBM, which already
       | had the money paid for them.
        
       | gotem wrote:
       | Wow did not know this.
        
       | itronitron wrote:
       | previous related discussion here on HN
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21268248
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       | https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20122053
        
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