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[–] 42 points 4 months ago (12 children)

Wild. How many Israelis still have IBM tattoos?

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  • [–] 63 points 4 months ago (10 children)

    The number tattoos from the holocaust directly tie into early 'database software' aka tabulation machines developed by IBM. IBMs NYC HQ was involved the entire time from prewar census to ghettos to concentration camps. And then they made your first PC.

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  • [–] 37 points 4 months ago

    My first PC was zilog based. But yep, IBM 100% helped Nazi Germany catalog and track their prisoners on the way to the ovens. But like so many companies they've been allowed to whitewash their image.

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  • [–] 1 point 4 months ago (1 child)

    MY first PC, or THE first PC? Cuz a couple of years ago, IEEE recognized the Datapoint as manufacturing the first PC.

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  • [–] 3 points 4 months ago

    The statistically average persons first PC. My school didn't have a datapoint computer lab. The Amiga 500 didn't put a computer repair shop in every town. IBM was on top when computers were being put everywhere. And even when they weren't, "Dude, you're getting an IBM clone."

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