• lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      10 days ago

      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.

  • Fossifoo [comrade/them]@hexbear.net
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    10 days ago

    Not only was he gay but also convicted for it by the UK, denied entry into the US, put on chemical castration and there’s a good chance he committed suicide over it. So, yeah.

  • Lvxferre [he/him]@mander.xyz
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    I named* my first self-built computer after him! Does this make that machine gay? They put chemicals in the bytes that turn the friggin’ hardware gay!

    *call me a weirdo but I do often name stuff like household appliances and my trees.