Write a historical fiction story about someone working at a company that helped revolutionize early computers.

Posted in Historical Fiction on Aug 5, 2021

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“Once Upon This Time” by Victor Flute

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Bill Gates has just written a book “How to avoid Climate Catastrophe” which explains why getting to net zero emissions by 2050 is a big, big challenge. When I read this, the hymn “Think of a World without Any Flowers” came to mind. You can Google it if you don’t know it. The hymn asks us to think about a world without: flowers, trees, animals and people. It asks us to thank God that we have these. It is difficult to imagine a world without any form of life but this presumably is what people like Greta Thunberg, Caroline Lucas and now Bill Ga...

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“Gumming It” by Joe Swanson

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“Put that sign on the door next to that canister ashtray. They shouldn’t be smoking in here anyway. Tape it good. If they don’t see it, just give them another reason to jump all over us.” “OK. Good as done. Anything else?” “Get your gear, go in there, and make sure there is not one speck of dust anywhere. These geniuses look for any excuse to put this on anyone but themselves. Not going to give them that option. If they can’t make this thing, whatever it is supposed to be, work, that’s on them. Ma...

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