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[–] 3 points 1 year ago

i copied that image from the article of the post without reading that article itself. But, since you asked, i went in that article ... and all i could find is this :

The image of 62,500 punched cards neatly stacked in rows serves as a reminder of the immense physicality involved in early computing.

So, unfortunately, the nice lady might just be a "banana for scale" here 😯 !

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