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About gmcdavid

Retired IT professional with a wide range of interests. Married. Three sons, two with autistic-spectrum disorders and the third being transgender with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. From Chicago but now living in the Twin Cities metro, Minnesota. Episcopalian. Carleton College (BA 1972, physics) and Stanford University (MS 1974, Applied Physics; MS 1976 Statistics).

Overdue, but done well

Treatment of Alan Turing was “appalling” – PM

Via Slashdot.

The technology for linking internet ads to content still has some way to go. When I first saw this it was linked to an ad for Ann Coulter. The thought of how she would react to this news was good for a chuckle.

Turing’s work on math and computers is part of the permanent record of human achievement. It will be recalled as fundamental when all of our current political and social controversies are mere historical curiosities.

Overdue, but done well

Treatment of Alan Turing was “appalling” – PM

Via Slashdot.

The technology for linking internet ads to content still has some way to go. When I first saw this it was linked to an ad for Ann Coulter. The thought of how she would react to this news was good for a chuckle.

Turing’s work on math and computers is part of the permanent record of human achievement. It will be recalled as fundamental when all of our current political and social controversies are mere historical curiosities.

Artwork by Children with Autism

‘A Different Point of View’ raises awareness of autism

This exhibit is in downtown Minneapolis, on the lower (“A”) level of the Hennepin County Government Center, by the fountain and near the Service Center—Where you get license tabs, etc. I work for the County and saw it after a meeting nearby this morning. It will be on display until Sept. 28.