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   Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Monday, 18-May-2026 08:14:08 JST Matt Blaze

   You may have heard that Peter Neumann passed away yesterday at the age of 93.

   I cannot do his memory and legacy justice here, but I will say that his work (and friendship and support) influenced almost everything I've worked on. He was one of the first computer scientists to confront (well before it was popular to do so) the fact that computers and software are unreliable in both theory and practice.

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     Matt Blaze (mattblaze@federate.social)'s status on Monday, 18-May-2026 11:02:13 JST Matt Blaze

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     Peter’s NYT obituary: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/17/obituaries/peter-g-neumann-dead.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jVA.pDm5.QUlwAMJBQtDV