She died in binary. That’s dedication. RIP. - ThreadSky

borisogon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Well, yes, but encryption from that era was electromechanical with translation tables. Think rotors.

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borisogon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Then the ciphertext goes out as dits and dahs.

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timothymalstead.com•12 hours ago

There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary and those that don't.

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timothymalstead.com•12 hours ago

Oh wow. Good on all of you for beating me to this joke.

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truantmusic.bsky.social•16 hours ago

She was awesome.

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chrismo76.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are only 10 types of people in this world, the ones who understand this comment and the ones who don’t.

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jegath.bsky.social•23 hours ago

👏👏👏

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caravellin.bsky.social•9 hours ago

Tragic that she died so young, but impressive what she managed to achieve in that short time

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physgal.bsky.social•1 day ago

#WomenInSTEM

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smeent.bsky.social•1 day ago

Then she was five

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danielincornwall.bsky.social•1 day ago

2/2, no notes

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danielincornwall.bsky.social•1 day ago

Just two years off 111.

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rylieknox.bsky.social•1 day ago

And just three years away from turning 1000

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nannagin.bsky.social•1 day ago

❤️✊

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sloanysoft.itch.io•1 day ago

She leaves behind a cracking legacy.

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mrcontrariwise.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nice 😂

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therecusant.bsky.social•1 day ago

She was a bit of an enigma I believe?

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sydneymarie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Followed.

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revfanboy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Booooooooooolean!

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doogie2k.bsky.social•23 hours ago

One might even call it commitment to the bit(s).

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lukemeister.bsky.social•18 hours ago

Impressive work for a 5-year-old!

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xxoxx.bsky.social•17 hours ago

she died for this joke

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boaty.bsky.social•1 day ago

she really committed to the bit

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geoffbowser.bsky.social•1 day ago

3 bits actually.

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enitoni.dev•1 day ago

I'm going to strangle you. ❤️

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boaty.bsky.social•1 day ago

I've had a good run

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enitoni.dev•1 day ago

I wanted to make a pun but I suck at puns so here's the idea and you can imagine that I'm funny: Runtime.

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levi3d.bsky.social•22 hours ago

5 years is no age (etc)

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jrgilbert.bsky.social•1 day ago

Gone so young . . .

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aidemin.bsky.social•1 day ago

1101000

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cagarvie.bsky.social•1 day ago

👏👏👏👏👏👏

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henriqueplacido.bsky.social•20 hours ago

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jamsie.bsky.social•23 hours ago

And now she’s 404 not found

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etudious.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s deep

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leftpeggers.bsky.social•1 day ago

👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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danielwiklander.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, imagine living until you’re 1100101!

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sheawolf.bsky.social•1 day ago

😂

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patricksaxton.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dedication to the bits

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lolobotomy.bsky.social•1 day ago

Quality addition +1 no notes

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zeet.bsky.social•1 hour ago

at the ripe old age of 5

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thepopper.bsky.social•20 hours ago

She looks terrible for a little 101 year old girl!

😳

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messirenicolas.bsky.social•22 hours ago

@gro-tsen.bsky.social

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matthew-ds9.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Truly badass!

RESPECT!

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kaneclements11.bsky.social•1 day ago

That is clever, witty.

Respect to her life.

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daveespley.bsky.social•1 day ago

And such a young age :(

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dralanwilson.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s no age for a kid to go though …

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stupidreasons.bsky.social•1 day ago

She was five. 😔🪦

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serrata.org•1 day ago

She was so young.

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fatapollo.bsky.social•1 day ago

That is such a good joke.

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aetheln.bsky.social•1 day ago

Awww, she was only 5

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cooraysmith.bsky.social•1 day ago

Dedication is what you need if you want to be a code breaker.

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davidbrunt.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yeahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

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unclebeard1978.bsky.social•1 day ago

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borntrouble.bsky.social•17 hours ago

six weeks short of not being binary

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belitsari.bsky.social•1 day ago

Had it not been for them, Rommel would've been leading hundreds of the best, most battle-hardened tank forces in the world, against unprotected paratroopers & shooting down on our landing craft as wolf-packs & FW-190 sank the fleet. (He was buying his wife shoes in Germany, instead. She saved us!

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waxrepli.ca•1 day ago

so sad that she was taken at the tender age of five

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exmemoriam.bsky.social•23 hours ago

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libertyview.bsky.social•1 day ago

God, that's a terrible joke. So, why did I laugh!

Nerd love, Dude.

Indeed, RIP to a true legend.

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redrogue4711.bsky.social•1 day ago

01001101 01100001 01111001 00100000 01110011 01101001 01110100 01100101 00100000 01110010 01100101 01110011 01110100 00100000 01101001 01101110 00100000 01110000 01100101 01100001 01100011 01100101

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buchanan101.bsky.social•1 day ago

At age 5?

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julwiki.bsky.social•18 hours ago

But she was so young!

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dimwittedly.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hey! Go buy @happytoast.bsky.social art! It's great!

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maram-maram.bsky.social•6 hours ago

A other on bit the dust.

Coders joke, it usualy applies to code crash, Sorry...

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philroyceman.bsky.social•16 hours ago

There are 10 types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't

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radekcdydd.bsky.social•1 day ago

She held out to reach 100 but after 101 she would have to wait until 111 to still die in binary, so it was the right time to go

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flempire.bsky.social•1 day ago

Poetic

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someblokeinahat.bsky.social•1 day ago

👍

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ubfriccardo.bsky.social•1 day ago

Amazing what can be accomplished in a single parliamentary term.

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sheralabskysocial.bsky.social•1 day ago

Sleep well, Betty-they don’t make them like you very often💐

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kingstondan.bsky.social•1 day ago

Yes, but 5 years old is far too young 😢

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fredhager.bsky.social•1 day ago

Might be octal.

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ignotumaliquis.bsky.social•1 day ago

I think that's actually octal.

Or maybe EBCDIC.

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sonofirving.bsky.social•1 day ago

"Online" and "AI" crapo are slowly doing away with the ability great human beings have had in the past for thinking and calculating within the parietals. Dumbocracy would be here EXCEPT we have Mobocracy now, which is worse. This lady was one of the last of us that we could believe in. RIP

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gregor1234.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Dead at age 1100101. What a legend.

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ianhunter.bsky.social•1 day ago

Only five years old, though. Taken so young…

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plasticpig.bsky.social•1 day ago

In her prime

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ianhunter.bsky.social•1 day ago

It sounds odd, but I suppose it’s only natural.

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plasticpig.bsky.social•1 day ago

And perfectly rational

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ianhunter.bsky.social•23 hours ago

The concept of death can seem quite transcendental, yet in this case it feels very…real…not complex at all.

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ianhunter.bsky.social•23 hours ago

I would say far from perfect, but actually not that far away, now I think about it.

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mlh-3.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hero. ❤️🙏

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henshinjikun.bsky.social•1 day ago

Wait, so you mean she was 5 years old?

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massdisillusion.bsky.social•1 day ago

died at five?

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beccasmullet.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Blessings on her!

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blokewriter.bsky.social•2 hours ago

Nice 😀

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squizzradical.bsky.social•1 day ago

We can’t ever forget these women code breakers, they’re legends.

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discofornow.bsky.social•1 day ago

At the grand old age of 5

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steeltalon.bsky.social•1 day ago

Why she chose to do that now is an enigma

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docstar.bsky.social•1 day ago

Legend

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markfreed.bsky.social•1 day ago

❤️

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coleraineyid.bsky.social•1 day ago

Bravo. There are only 10 types of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don’t.

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unclebeard1978.bsky.social•1 day ago

👏🏼

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paldiegoblu.bsky.social•1 day ago

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geninz.bsky.social•17 hours ago

God rest her soul

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changjustin.bsky.social•1 day ago

What an accomplished 5 year old

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funhousejournal.bsky.social•1 day ago

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funhousejournal.bsky.social•20 hours ago

Sorry should have cropped it.

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dogsdadbod.bsky.social•1 day ago

Binary AND palindrome AND binary palindrome AND prime AND binary prime

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salutianarquia.bsky.social•1 day ago

Hum, she looks quite old for aging only 5 years old.

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doug5301.bsky.social•1 day ago

Nice work by both of you.

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kbfoodphotos.bsky.social•1 day ago

I laughed, very hard, and then felt extremely bad. Then laughed again. And felt bad.

So...fuck you? But also, lol. But also fuck you.

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puglove888.bsky.social•22 hours ago

My Aunt was one too!

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brmbug.bsky.social•15 hours ago

🫡❤️

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cjmuk.bsky.social•1 day ago

She looks older than 5 to me.

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peskyaskie.bsky.social•1 day ago

There are 10 types of people......those that understand binary and those that don't!

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serrata.org•1 day ago

She was taken to us far too young at 5. (101 in binary)

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serrata.org•1 day ago

That's commitment

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jakkb77.bsky.social•1 day ago

Thank you for your service Betty 🫡🎖️🎖️🎖️May you rest in eternal power🩷

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imnotakittie.bsky.social•1 day ago

Legendary

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yocum137.bsky.social•1 day ago

That’s dedication to the bit.

FTFY

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tlc57.bsky.social•1 day ago

What a life. R.I.P.

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grisgris4me.bsky.social•1 day ago

😅🤣😂

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therecusant.bsky.social•1 day ago

Is that nr Milton Keynes?

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eberlambert.bsky.social•21 hours ago

And in Octal.

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boettchersketch.bsky.social•1 day ago

And in her prime year!

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thunderbuck.bsky.social•1 day ago

ABSOLUTELY the best response here

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retpallyjil.bsky.social•1 day ago

07 Thank you, ma'am for helping save us.

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cwashington.bsky.social•1 day ago

5 is no age, really.

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serrata.org•1 day ago

She was taken from us too young.

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tvhilton.bsky.social•1 day ago

101, or 1100101

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scottfenstermaker.bsky.social•1 day ago

That's funny.

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artpirate.bsky.social•22 hours ago

Legend RIP

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teamtowns.bsky.social•1 day ago

How terrible that this DEI hire was allowed to continue to affect the outcome of WWII unchecked. Good thing we don't allow that these days.

We won't ever have to worry about DEI hires messing up our ability to decode enemy messages.

Yes, this is sarcasm

RIP Betty Webb. Thank you for your work

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