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Re:Wendy Carlos: The brilliant but lonely life of an electro... by DelaneyM on Thursday December 15, 2022 @05:29PM (#34006726)
It's much more impressive than that:

> Upon completing her transition in 1968, Conway took a new name and identity, and restarted her career in what she called "stealth-mode". (From https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lynn_Conway)

She managed to have groundbreaking impact in two disconnected careers after restarting from scratch!

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Re:Wendy Carlos: The brilliant but lonely life of an electro... by yunch on Thursday December 15, 2022 @05:44PM (#34006855)
I stand corrected, that is much more impressive than I'd assumed!
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