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  • Happy birthday, Lady Ada!

    From Dirk Craeynest@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 10 16:19:30 2024
    2024/12/10: birthday of Lady Ada Lovelace, born in 1815,
    namesake of the #AdaProgramming language.

    Happy Programmers' Day!

    #AdaEurope #AdaBelgium

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ada_Lovelace

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to Dirk Craeynest on Tue Dec 10 20:59:06 2024
    On Tue, 10 Dec 2024 16:19:30 -0000 (UTC), Dirk Craeynest wrote:

    2024/12/10: birthday of Lady Ada Lovelace, born in 1815,
    namesake of the #AdaProgramming language.

    Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> some
    years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of Lovelace and
    Babbage, getting together to fight crime.

    (“Crime” being, in Babbage’s case, music, and in Lovelace’s case, poetry.)

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  • From Dirk Craeynest@21:1/5 to ldo@nz.invalid on Wed Dec 11 18:18:57 2024
    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> some
    years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of Lovelace and >Babbage, getting together to fight crime.
    ("Crime" being, in Babbage's case, music, and in Lovelace's
    case, poetry.)

    Some of the CLA regulars might remember that comic strip. It was
    mentioned on several occasions here: my CLA archive has postings in
    2009, 2011, 2014, and 2023.

    Recommended! (I have the book...)

    Dirk

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  • From Simon Wright@21:1/5 to Dirk Craeynest on Wed Dec 11 19:36:26 2024
    dirk@orka.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest) writes:

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
    Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/> some >>years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of Lovelace and >>Babbage, getting together to fight crime.
    ("Crime" being, in Babbage's case, music, and in Lovelace's
    case, poetry.)

    Some of the CLA regulars might remember that comic strip. It was
    mentioned on several occasions here: my CLA archive has postings in
    2009, 2011, 2014, and 2023.

    Recommended! (I have the book...)

    I have the first edition ... really good.

    For interest, https://github.com/simonjwright/analytical-engine

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  • From Lawrence D'Oliveiro@21:1/5 to Simon Wright on Wed Dec 11 22:24:06 2024
    On Wed, 11 Dec 2024 19:36:26 +0000, Simon Wright wrote:

    dirk@orka.cs.kuleuven.be. (Dirk Craeynest) writes:

    Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

    Came across this comic strip <https://sydneypadua.com/2dgoggles/>
    some years ago: a contrafactual imagining of the adventures of
    Lovelace and Babbage, getting together to fight crime.

    ("Crime" being, in Babbage's case, music, and in Lovelace's case, >>>poetry.)

    Some of the CLA regulars might remember that comic strip. It was
    mentioned on several occasions here: my CLA archive has postings in
    2009, 2011, 2014, and 2023.

    Recommended! (I have the book...)

    I have the first edition ... really good.

    For interest, https://github.com/simonjwright/analytical-engine

    For some reason, Ms Padua decided that “Difference Engine” was a nicer
    name for the machine that Babbage built in her version.

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