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1. Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 16:02:47 UTC Robert McNees

   It’s a leap year!

   [SHOWTURTLE]
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   That means we get an OTD for February 29th.

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   [DRAW BIRTHDAY CAKE]
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   Seymour Papert, co-inventor of LOGO, was born OTD in 1928.

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   This one’s for you, nerds of a certain age.

   Image: Cynthia Solomon

   • Knud Jahnke (knud@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 16:46:56 UTC Knud Jahnke

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     @mcnees

     On the other hand the inventor of LEGO was born on a 7th of April.

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 16:49:03 UTC Robert McNees

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     • Knud Jahnke

     @knud Not so fast! I think it's probably a case of simultaneous invention, but the parallels are almost preposterous:

     https://mastodon.social/@mcnees/109768169079981704

   • Nigel Moss 🌻 (nigenet@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 18:07:53 UTC Nigel Moss 🌻

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     • Knud Jahnke

     @mcnees @knud Good lord, the names! 😮

   • Robert McNees (mcnees@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 29-Feb-2024 20:14:08 UTC Robert McNees

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     • Knud Jahnke
     • Nigel Moss 🌻

     @nigenet @knud It really is bonkers.

   • Brian Dear (brianstorms@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 01-Mar-2024 00:11:23 UTC Brian Dear

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     @mcnees The source of “milliPaperts,” the unit of measure coined by Dave Liddle of Xerox PARC fame, used to describe the level of ego/arrogance relative to Seymour himself (who rated 1000 milliPaperts). Liddle claimed Don Bitzer, creator of the PLATO system, rated 750 milliPaperts.