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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts

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Simon:
OK OK, stop the politics NOW! this has nothing to do with the debate.

magic:
Okay, and I'm just kidding, as typical.

james_s:

--- Quote from: julianhigginson on July 21, 2020, 05:51:20 am ---Also, OSHWA (not exactly the biggest and most prestigious hardware tech resource in the world, but still, not nobody) has published an alternative for SPI usage already that anyone can now pick up and use with documented precedent.

https://hackaday.com/2020/06/29/updating-the-language-of-spi-pin-labels-to-remove-casual-references-to-slavery/

The next schematic sheet I do with SPI is going to conform to this. Lets see how people manage with it. I expect there will be zero people dying as a result of it.

--- End quote ---

You do you. I'll manage with it by simply changing any signal names back to the industry standards that I'm familiar on any schematic I happen to work with. If other people want to virtue signal by using confusing newspeak they've got a right to do that, oblivious to the fact that the rest of the engineering world is rolling their eyes.

Simon:
I am in the middle of creating a new standard of equipment for my employer with the subcontractor that does much of our electronic design. It's got a master and many slaves! Deal with it!

daqq:

--- Quote from: julianhigginson on July 21, 2020, 05:51:20 am ---Also, OSHWA (not exactly the biggest and most prestigious hardware tech resource in the world, but still, not nobody) has published an alternative for SPI usage already that anyone can now pick up and use with documented precedent.

https://hackaday.com/2020/06/29/updating-the-language-of-spi-pin-labels-to-remove-casual-references-to-slavery/

The next schematic sheet I do with SPI is going to conform to this. Lets see how people manage with it. I expect there will be zero people dying as a result of it.

--- End quote ---
(facepalm) Oh wow, yet another glorious step on the march against racism. Do you have any other words you'd like to have banned in order to feel good about yourself?

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