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Note that this "Austrian-American actress" (I understand the helpful wording is aimed at non-buffs who may not recognise the name Hedy Lamarr) was a huge star in her day, an equivalent to - say - Margot Robbie.
Got her own joke name in Blazing Saddles. No greater honour.
Serious question, how is she “-American”, she lived and worked in the States in the later part of her life, but her roots aren’t American?
She became a US citizen in 1953. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
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I agree that to put someone on a pedestal simply by dint of their gender, race or sexuality does a disservice to that group. Would love to see a version of this story in which her "just happening to be a fabulously beautiful film star" is a marginal remark. But isn't it the same when we lionise sociopathic, charismatic men [0] who "never cared about norms" but end up enshitifying the world with their reckless enginee…
> But isn't it the same when we lionise sociopathic, charismatic men [0] who "never cared about norms" who is this "we" are you referring to? to me, assholes are assholes. be it a man, woman, it, or anything in between. especially if this person works in adtech and adjacent industry. > my fellow computer scientists might hold up Hank Asher as an example of anything but a criminal seems like a problem with your educat…
Absolutely correct. There's an awful, awful problem with our education system (I am from the UK). It is in ruins, completely unfit for purpose in a modern technological society.
As for ethics, you're right, we absolutely don't teach it. Worse, we actively downplay or avoid it. I speak from experience of witnessing that first hand.
The result: a cult of personality, self-aggrandisement, conquest, kleptomania, and domination passed-off as "business".
I absolutely agree that education has lost its way. Do please read my piece about it in the Times HE next week.
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She became a US citizen in 1953. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
She got US citizenship, this doesn’t/shouldn’t make her an Austrian-American actress since that implies that she has American roots.
Moreover, I don't even know what you mean by "roots." The US is a country of immigrants. What qualifies as having "American roots" in your view?
Wlan is not using frequency hopping or am I mistaken?
In any case there’s a lot of overlapping commonality in the information theory and engineering of frequency hopping and more modern SS.
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She became a US citizen in 1953. Source: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedy_Lamarr
She got US citizenship, this doesn’t/shouldn’t make her an Austrian-American actress since that implies that she has American roots.
Note that this "Austrian-American actress" (I understand the helpful wording is aimed at non-buffs who may not recognise the name Hedy Lamarr) was a huge star in her day, an equivalent to - say - Margot Robbie.
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