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Yes, but this is the first time it makes the front page. Better late than never.
It was definitely on the front page last time (664 points, 298 comments): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20439425
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Ross Ulbricht 50 yrs from faceOnBankNotes?
John McAfee on the US $1,000,000 bill?
These announcements always make me ponder about the people we'll put on bank notes or erect statues in honour of in 50 years and are alive and persecuted today but not recognized by society.
These announcements always make me ponder about the people we'll put on bank notes or erect statues in honour of in 50 years and are alive and persecuted today but not recognized by society.
These announcements always make me ponder about the people we'll put on bank notes or erect statues in honour of in 50 years and are alive and persecuted today but not recognized by society.
These announcements always make me ponder about the people we'll put on bank notes or erect statues in honour of in 50 years and are alive and persecuted today but not recognized by society.
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These announcements always make me ponder about the people we'll put on bank notes or erect statues in honour of in 50 years and are alive and persecuted today but not recognized by society.
Aubrey de Grey. The future will look back at today like we were savages for not innovating faster to cure aging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey
Perhaps the continuing decline in the currency's value will give us an opportunity to see £50 notes more frequently. I don't think I've seen one more than twice in the past 12 years, and I get cash out less and less frequently.
* Designed the programming of world's first commercial computer (Ferranti Mark 1)
* Devised Turing Test, to test whether computer is capable of thinking like a huamn
* Got an OBE for his wartime services
* Inventor of Turing Machine. To this day, all stored-programme digital computers are modelled on this invention
* Built the machine that helped in the breaking of the Enigma code used by the German forces. This was used to decode 2 messages per minutes
* His work shortened the WW2 by atleast 2 years.
* Alan was a member of the team which decoded the 'Fish' cipher, which was used towards the end of the war by the German High Command to transmit messages between Hitler and senior officers in the field.
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Aubrey de Grey. The future will look back at today like we were savages for not innovating faster to cure aging. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aubrey_de_Grey
With all we know about climate change, how can anyone advocate for keeping more people around longer? Seems like a real nightmare waiting to happen.
Offer me immortality and I shall go explore the stars.