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Explanation: One of the key scientists in the construction of early codebreaking computers in WW2 was Alan Turing (yes, of Turing Test fame), a gay man. While it was not immediately after WW2, in the 1950s, he inadvertently admitted to a cop that he was homosexual when being interviewed about a burglary at his house (cops, even on the occasions they are useful, are NOT your friends). His key work in defeating the literal fucking Nazis was disregarded in favor of chemically castrating him after he pled guilty to the charge.
It is suspected that this was a major cause of his subsequent suspected suicide by biting into a cyanide-laced apple (though some still hold that the apple incident was an accident).
I also regularly run the risk of accidentally biting into my cyanide laced apple instead of the other one.
This is why proper storage and labeling is important.
She was a perfect example of why we need more labeling, because there’s also the levers.
SO MANY PROBLEMS CAN BE SOLVED WITH LABELS!
This is why you always leave a note.
Not disregarded, it was never brought up. Turing had signed the OSA. (There was also a prevailing belief in 52 that the prohibition against homosexuality was about to be lifted, which may have led to Turing being relatively open about it with the police, as well as his plea.)
How does one accidentally eat a cyanide laced apple?
By confusing it with the normal decoy one obviously.
Was this the plot of Snow White?
Turing was reportedly a fan of the (then-new) animated Disney film of Snow White.
A big enough fan to keep a poisoned apple around apparently.
Cosplay was more hardcore back then
Although Turing only wrote code for one program in the early 1950s, and had no direct involvement with computing during the war.
only wrote code for one program
Quality over quantity, my dude.
Unfortunately Turing’s code was buggy and needed to be fixed by Geoff Tootill before it would run. His later Chess game was too complex for the hardware. He was better at big picture thinking and writing the manual.
god the value of someone handling writing the manual cannot be over stated
also the guy making powerpoint is goated
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This gives “you’re telling me a shrimp fried this rice?”
I guess Imgur is degrading off-site viewing; it looks fine on their site 🙄 Gotta find a new place to host pics.
Where did you get the webp link? They’re displaying the image in jpeg which hotlinks just fine
WebP was what was showing in my phone browser when I copy/pasted it. I tried changing the extension to jpg since that’s worked in the past but it looked the same so I changed it back. Maybe Mlem just didn’t refresh, though.
Possibly you picked up a preview link or something when you uploaded it?
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Your title is funny and you should be proud
i fucking lol’d
PugJesus blessed us with another knee slapper
