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Alan Turing was a fucking hero, and the British legal system drove him to suicide (infosec.pub)
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[–] grue@lemmy.world 15 points 6 days ago (3 children)

How do you "accidentally" lace an apple with cyanide? Was that just a common thing they had lying around back then, like plutonium in 1985?

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 days ago

He was using a series of chemicals, including cyanide to make electronics with deposited gold. He was not proficient at it and colleagues noted he was experimenting and he frequently made mistakes.

[–] woop_woop@lemmy.world 3 points 6 days ago (3 children)

Don't all apples have cyanide by default?

[–] grue@lemmy.world 6 points 6 days ago (1 children)

Not enough of it to kill you!

[–] Albbi@lemmy.ca 5 points 6 days ago

Haven't you heard "An apple a day is my mithridatism that keeps my assassin away"?

[–] Successful_Try543@feddit.org 3 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

Only if you get them from dubious old ladies knocking at your door.

Jokes aside. The kernels contain a small and harmless amount of cyanides.

[–] SaveTheTuaHawk@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 days ago

Peach pits