Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note

Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by michaelmrose on Sunday September 01, 2019 @04:24PM (#20854658)

Based on what accomplishments?

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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by kgraves on Sunday September 01, 2019 @04:30PM (#20854696)

First US President to step foot in North Korea. No other President before him has done that.

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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by michaelmrose on Sunday September 01, 2019 @04:36PM (#20854734)

Any US president could have presented the Kim family with a photo Op. This is not a meaningful accomplishment.

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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by arcadeparade on Sunday September 01, 2019 @05:10PM (#20854914)

At the moment you are correct but if things work out with Korea he could be remembered, rightly or wrongly as the person who started a new path.

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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by michaelmrose on Sunday September 01, 2019 @05:32PM (#20855072)

He started by ridiculing said person on twitter and then obediently appearing for a photo op when he stroked his ego.

If anything is accomplished it will be because china put the screws to them.

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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by arcadeparade on Sunday September 01, 2019 @08:01PM (#20855778)

That might be the reality but who knows what history will say.

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Re:Alan Turing to be the face of new £50 note by andybak on Sunday September 01, 2019 @05:32PM (#20855073)

How many people remember Nixon for China over his other "accomplishments"? (I'm British and first I heard about it growing up was via the opera)

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