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1. nixCraft 🐧 (nixcraft@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 21:05:45 JST nixCraft 🐧

   Remembering Alan Turing, died on 7 June 1954, victim of prejudice and ignorance 💔 He was a mathematician, logician, cryptanalyst and computer scientist and is widely considered to be the father of computer science and artiticial intelligence. He was also homosexual in a time when homosexuality was illegal. After his conviction he was given a choice between chemical castration and prison. He chose chemical castration, and later chose to kill himself.

   • Passawat (passawat@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 21:07:48 JST Passawat

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     @nixCraft RIP

   • Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈 (lazarou@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 21:51:39 JST Lazarou Monkey Terror 🚀💙🌈

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     @nixCraft when the British State voted to pardon him a few years ago, (long, long after he was forced to kill himself) I recall it was Jacob Rees Mogg who still objected to Turing.
     I dont think Jacob was even alive when Turing died.

   • your_huckleberry (your_huckleberry@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 22:15:10 JST your_huckleberry

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     @nixCraft some people think that his death was an accident. He was experimenting with potassium cyanide electro-plating.
     https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-18561092

     >the coroner, Mr JAK Ferns declared: "In a man of his type, one never knows what his mental processes are going to do next."

     Smacks of a particular type of prejudice.

   • Ditterwit (ditterwit@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 23:09:16 JST Ditterwit

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     @nixCraft Universal acceptance will always be a dream instead of a reality

   • Wade Wainio (wadewainio@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 07-Jun-2024 23:38:51 JST Wade Wainio

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     @nixCraft Yes, and the GOP has tevitalized homophobia and otherwise prejudiced people.

   • Doctor_Garrett (doctor_garrett@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 00:37:52 JST Doctor_Garrett

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     @nixCraft Excellent reminder N.C. See https://www.spankingfit.com/london-knights-massage-gay-straight/ for insight into modern London. Cheers!

   • -0--1- (_9cl7t9k8cjnd_@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 01:45:38 JST -0--1-

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     @nixCraft #AlanTuring is one of my saints.

   • Alex (a_lex_ander@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 02:07:55 JST Alex

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     @nixCraft He's also a war hero, because his and his team's decryption of the Enigma saved ten-thousands (if not more) of lives of civilians and soldiers.

   • allknowingroger (allknowingroger@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 02:30:47 JST allknowingroger

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     @nixCraft

   • xs4me2 (xs4me2@mastodon.social)'s status on Saturday, 08-Jun-2024 03:36:23 JST xs4me2

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     @nixCraft Terrible…