@cstross Since you may be too busy tomorrow, allow me to wish you a Happy Stab Day in advance!
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Tomorrow (Friday) and possibly for a day or to thereafter I may be scarce around these parts because *I AM GOING TO BE STABBED IN THE LEFT EYE*! -
@pluralistic, on page 133 of Enshittification you mention the cadre of Polish mathematicians at Bletchley Park, Jerzy Różycki, Henryk Zygalski, and Marian Rejewski as instrumental in breaking the Enigma code.@qurlyjoe @pluralistic Lots of info available online. https://ieee-aess.org/post/blog/history-column-polish-cryptographers-marian-rejewski-jerzy-rozycki-and-henryk-zygalski
https://www.bl.uk/stories/blogs/posts/polish-mathematicians-and-cracking-the-enigma
https://www.nsa.gov/portals/75/documents/about/cryptologic-heritage/historical-figures-publications/publications/wwii/solving_enigma.pdfSee also: Carter, Frank, The First Breaking of Enigma: Some of the Pioneering Techniques Developed by the Polish Cipher Bureau, Report No 2, Bletchley Park Trust, 2008.
Sebag-Montefiore, Hugh, Enigma: The Battle For The Code, Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 2001.