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[-] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 48 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

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

[-] Adalast@lemmy.world 11 points 1 year ago

Thank you. That part got my pedantic ass in a tizzy. Glad someone else mentioned it.

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