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Robert McNees Jun 23, 2023

Mathematician, computer scientist, and WWII code breaker Alan Turing, who established the theoretical foundation for just about every modern computing device, was born #OTD in 1912. His work helped make it possible for you to read this.

The British government prosecuted him for being gay, a monstrous act that eventually led to Turing’s death by suicide. Then they waited over 60 years before issuing a pardon.

Image: The Guardian

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OSCrane

@mcnees Alan Turing was a hero. The number of lives he helped save by hastening the end of the holocaust are innumerable. He helped usher in a new age of technological advancement that gave people like me a real, tangible purpose in this world, where there would be none without the foundation of his research. His circumstance, and how he was treated following the end of the war is nothing short of an unmitigated tragedy.