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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
Simon:
--- Quote from: Chris42 on July 21, 2020, 09:06:32 am ---As a native Polish speaker I can confirm that "connect cipo to that pin" does indeed mean "connect it to that pin, you xxxx".
It's absolutely hilarous :palm:
Why change this notation?
Connecting modules was so simple.
MOSI <-> MOSI
MISO <-> MISO
SCK <-> SCK
SS <-> SS
Now I have to remember that in COPI/C*PO notation I have to go
COPI <-> COPI
C*** <-> C***
and in DI/DO notation I have to go
DI<->DO
DO<->DI
How many times I forgot about this with UART and connected RX<->RX, TX<->TX whey I was working with arduino/RPI late at night?
Also since they are TWO notations now I have to also remember that:
COPI <-> DI
C*** <->DO
Also now there will be a mess with "legacy" notations so I will also have to remember that:
MOSI <->DO
MISO <-> DI
or:
MOSI <-> C***
MISO <-> COPI
This is insane!
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Google translate confirms it also. Maybe I should chat up my nice new Polish neighbor and tell her all about the latest developments in electronics and how we are introducing cunts to sanitize the world of offensive words :-DD :-DD :-DD |O
Zero999:
--- Quote from: Simon on July 21, 2020, 07:06:15 am ---He may have omitted a not in the sentence: *not "going to conform", it would make more sense with "I expect there will be zero people dying as a result of it"
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No, he supports removing the words master/slave from engineering documentation.
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/master-and-slave-tech-terms-face-scrutiny-amid-anti-racism-efforts/msg3093431/#msg3093431
I love how he presumes everyone here are middle aged white guys. He's clearly wrong. If he looked at the flags next to the posts, he'll find that many of the posters who are against this are from countries where most people are brown, India, Lebanon etc. :palm:
He's free to use whatever language he wants. If he doesn't like the terms master/slave, then he can choose different words, if he likes, but he should be prepared to have to spend more time explaining it.
daqq:
--- Quote from: Simon on July 21, 2020, 09:10:04 am ---Google translate confirms it also. Maybe I should chat up my nice new Polish neighbor and tell her all about the latest developments in electronics and how we are introducing cunts to sanitize the world of offensive words :-DD :-DD :-DD |O
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Well, PICO won't work either. In Czech, pičo means cu*t. In Slovak piko is slang for meth. Also, it's already being used for the pico prefix.
Simon:
hehe, how many engineers are going to get fired by managers that are not up to date with the new cool words.
magic:
--- Quote from: PeterZ on July 21, 2020, 07:39:03 am ---I encourage you to check the new "cipo" with the google translator (Polish->English). Now, the translation is not perfect. In that form, with "o" at the end it means more "You xxxx" than just "xxxx".
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Nooo! Don't tell them, you @#$% :scared:
I want the lols 8)
It's already hilarious enough that googling "cipa" in English brings up "children's internet protection act".
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