An old video shows the effects of shouting at hard disc drives: Note that the video also gives an impression of how it is to work inside a data center… Found at https://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Loeschanlagen-Ton-zerstoert-Festplatten-in-schwedischem-Rechenzentrum-4029730.html
Frauenanteil in Informatik in den letzten Jahren praktisch unverändert
Laut den Daten des statistischen Bundesamtes betrug der Frauenanteil bei Studienanfängern im Fach Informatik knapp 23% und ist damit nur leicht gestiegen. Infos und Zahlen dazu unter: https://www.bitkom.org/Presse/Presseinformation/Informatik-Hoersaele-werden-langsam-weiblicher.html
Doing Älgorüthms like IKEA
Sándor P. Fekete, Sebastian Morr, and Sebastian Stiller formulated well-known algorithms, using IKEA style graphics. For computer scientists, they are really fun to read, but for fresh students in the field they might help to understand the key points. https://idea-instructions.com
Strong Increase of Women in Computer Science at Stanford University
Despite the US-wide trend of less women studying STEM (aka MINT), the fraction of women with a CS degree at Stanford University strongly increased from 11% in 2010 to 31% in 2017. More details can be found in the Mercury
Wider dem Pessimismus
Das Vermächtnis des schwedischen Statistikers Hans Rosling: Die Welt wird immer besser http://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/die-welt-wird-immer-besser-15524076.html
Percentage of Women in Computer Science has decreased from the 1970s to now
Wired has published some interesting statistics about diversity (gender, race) in computer science. For example, the number of woman in CS has decreased from the 1970s to now. Link: https://www.wired.com/story/computer-science-graduates-diversity/