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		wil421 10 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Bletchley code breaker Betty Webb dies aged 101 Do you have a source or are you flamebating[1]? The myriad of trash google results on the topic aren’t even close to 1 in 4. Even an Israeli tabloid says it’s 1 in 10. [1]https://news.ycombinator.com/newsfaq.html

andrepd 10 months ago | [–]

I am not flamebaiting, but I was wrong. See the economist link in the sibling comment, which contains the original story as well as an explanation why the results are inflated.

chgs 10 months ago | [–]

Was widely reported but was discredited.

https://www.economist.com/united-states/2023/12/07/one-in-fi...

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