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Today I learned that, unlike Hollywood depicts it, ancient Troy was not part of the european/hellenic cultural sphere. It was a purely Anatolian indigenous polity, similar to the Hittites (In fact, T… (lemmy.nz)
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[–] FluidBeef@quokk.au 5 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Today I learned that the Enigma machine was not in fact captured by Jon Bon Jovi and his all-American crew and then cracked by 100% heterosexual Benedict Cumberbatch.

[–] tunetardis@piefed.ca 4 points 1 week ago

It was actually cracked by German-speaking Polish mathematicians even before the war broke out (the Enigma had been used for diplomatic communications with German embassies in the 30s). Then once they realized through intelligence gathered with their early version of the bombe that Poland was about to be invaded, they smuggled out all the gear and it eventually wound up in England.

Turing did make significant improvements to the design though, essentially making it programmable, and he is often cited as the father of the modern computer.