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[–] 1 point 1 year ago

Maybe it's just me, but he kind of looks a bit like a young Max Verstappen

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  • [–] 104 points 1 year ago* (6 children)

    Alan Turing, the father of modern computers, has an incredibly depressing ending.

    Chemically castrated due to being an illegal homosexual, he died in dishonor over bullshit homophobia and new drugs that the 1950s possessed.

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  • [–] 25 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    but we avenged him by turning computers gay

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  • [–] 18 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Every UNIX socks post is in memory of Turing. If you don’t agree you’re gay. And if you do agree you’re gay too. Computers are gay and by using one, you’re gay. Jokes on you, by reading this, you’re using a computer. You’re gay. That’s the actual Turing test

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago* (1 child)

    Alan Turing, the inventor of the first computer*, was castrated by the British Government for being gay.

    FTFY

    *Not exactly, but not to diminish his immense contributions to computer science

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  • [–] 56 points 1 year ago (17 children)

    Alan Turing was the father of computer science, but didn't invent the first computer. Arguably the first computer was called the Manchester Baby and was created by folks at the University of Manchester.

    Alan Turing was an absolute boss, though. Huge respect.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago (5 children)

    The first (turing complete) computer actually build was the Z3.
    Not many people know about it, because central Berlin in 1943 was not a healthy place for a computer.

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Yeah, the Manchester Baby was the first stored-program computer. As others have noticed, you can go down the rabbit hole a long way, depending on what you define as a computer. Fascinating stuff.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago (6 children)

    The ENIAC was before that and Charles Babbage's difference engine was before the ENIAC, though I don't think he actually got it out of design

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  • [–] 6 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    Yeah, there were plenty of precursors (hence the MB was arguably the first). But the Manchester Baby was the first stored-program general purpose computer. Gotta pick a point somewhere.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    I think it's a fun debate between all of them. It doesn't really matter, but I enjoy reading the reasoning behind each argument.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago

    Yeah, the whole history is fascinating. I also like to remind my college students that computer science/engineering is one of the rare branches of science/engineering that was founded at least in equal part by women, if not more (again, an arguable point, but undeniable that there is a larger influence from women compared to other scientific disciplines).

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  • [–] 11 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Depends entirely on the definition of computer.

    There are so many "inventors of the first computers" it is ridiculous. Almost like creating a complex machine like a computer takes a whole many inventions and people who worked on it over a time span of multiple generations.

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  • [–] 24 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Computing: invented by an incredible clever gay guy to fight nazis.

    Honour his legacy.

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  • [–] 10 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    A German guy called Konrad Zuse also invented computers around the same time. I honestly never wondered about his relation to the Nazis. I've just looked it up and he never was a party member, yet he worked for the military. Yikes.

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  • [–] 43 points 1 year ago (9 children)

    I don't think he's necessarily the inventor of the computer. There are a few possible candidates, including Ada Lovelace or Charles Babbage, who were earlier.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    That wasn't the first bug; it couldn't have been because the term hadn't been coined yet. It was just the first programming mistake.

    The first computer bug was found by Grace Hopper, and was caused by an actual insect that had gotten into the machine.

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    [–] 17 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Konrad Zuse invented the first proper computer.

    Alan Turing later invented computing.

    This distinction is why computer science exists.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 year ago (3 children)

    Can I see your homebrew computer? I am working on 6502 rn and this sounds interesting

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The only one who can decide your computer is gay is the computer itself.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    Technically true, but as an admin with root priviledges, I can access system private keys and directly manage it's identity, such that it's choice is usually what I told it to want.

    Tangent, boy I cannot wait for neurolink to let Grok in my brain. I'm sure it will lead to lots of new ways of thinking for me. 🙃😶😶🙄

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  • [–] 12 points 1 year ago

    A language isn't Turing complete if it isn't gay

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    this is not actually correct, he didn't invent the computer, he invented the turings machine

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    I also looked this up and many sources are giving credit to a guy named Charles Babbage. But perhaps this meme creator is defining computer differently.

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  • [–] 7 points 1 year ago

    He ended WW2 at least half a year earlier than it would have.

    He saved hundreds of thousands of lives, maybe millions.

    Then he returned home to England as a war hero, but was instead exiled and chemically castrated for being a homosexual.

    Not much later he committed suicide.

    It was Alan that first opened my eyes as a child to the senseless violence committed against LGBTQIA+

    Every June 23rd I make sure to remember him and all he has done for humanity.

    Rip Alan Turing, the father of computer science, i love you.

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  • [–] 13 points 1 year ago

    Being gay didn't contribute to his death. How the state treated him when they found out did. Anytime his name comes up I think about how many horrible people there are in the world who just can't let others be what they are . Fanatics are somewhat evil by nature.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    When you use the computer, first think you do is put your hands on the keyboard, specifically, you touch the D. This extracts all the heterosexuality from your body. If you're lucky, this effect is only temporary.

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  • [–] 4 points 1 year ago

    The movie was excellent

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