• kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world
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    3 days 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

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      2 days ago

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