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Xipe Totec

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9. Two OT factoids for you:

Reply to kimbutgar (Reply #6)

Thu Jan 2, 2025, 10:45 PM

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First, take the letters of HAL and choose the next letter in the alphabet after each. That spells... IBM

Second, the programming language created by IBM to program the onboard computers for the Space Shuttle was named HAL. It stands for Heuristic Algorithm Language.

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