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| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: Red Squirrel on July 13, 2020, 09:01:33 am ---Personally if I designed a system that needs that type of designation I would purposely call it master/slave just to piss off the SJWs. >:D --- End quote --- ;D And spec out a control circuitry fed by black and white wires. With pluses and minisus. \$\Omega\$ |
| GeorgeOfTheJungle:
And a prominent, properly labelled MASTER switch. Then send it to https://certification.oshwa.org/ for certification. |
| daqq:
I haven't been watching the thread for a few days. Could someone fill me in? Have enough terms been banned to solve racism already? |
| Ed.Kloonk:
--- Quote from: daqq on July 13, 2020, 10:28:20 am ---I haven't been watching the thread for a few days. Could someone fill me in? Have enough terms been banned to solve racism already? --- End quote --- This popped up two minutes ago.. |
| GeorgeOfTheJungle:
https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/13/linux_adopts_inclusive_language/ :-( |
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