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I would call it a major Turing point (sopuli.xyz)

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[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

I think the meme was about ~~Tesla~~Turing but thanks for the insight.

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[–] problembasedperson@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 10 months ago (1 child)

Don't you mean Alan Turing?

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[–] fushuan@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 10 months ago

Yeah sorry that's who I meant.

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[–] UnspecificGravity@piefed.social 5 points 10 months ago

It might amaze you to learn that Turing did not work by himself, but actually led an entire team of codebreakers and programmers in Bletchley Park, the VAST majority of whom were women (despite what that dumb movie portrayed).

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