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

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MK14:

--- Quote from: nuclearcat on July 24, 2020, 02:50:48 pm ---VMware to stop describing hardware as ‘male’ and ‘female’ in new terminology guide

https://www.theregister.com/2020/07/23/vmware_offensive_terminology_style_guide/

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Already linked to here:
https://www.eevblog.com/forum/chat/master-and-slave-tech-terms-face-scrutiny-amid-anti-racism-efforts/msg3151898/#msg3151898

Don't worry, there were lots of distractions, in between, your post, and the other one.

PlainName:

--- Quote ---Master-slave terminology alternatives you can use right now
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The chaps says:


--- Quote ---SaltStack has used the term minion as an alternative to slave, which tends to put a smile on people's faces. There is merit when you replace a negatively charged term with something that involves a bit of levity.
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My emphasis - a bit of levity was probably why master/slave was used in the first place. A problem is that, generally, what might have seemed a laugh at the time will look a bit iffy when spoken in a monotone from the witness box by an Official for the prosecution. Levity also typically arises from being a bit risqué. The takeaway is that they might clean the place out now but it'll happen again with different dodgy terms (hopefully - if not it's going to be a very sad and straightjacketed workplace).

Ed.Kloonk:

--- Quote from: Simon on July 24, 2020, 08:23:54 am ---From what I am told you need a bit of left and right to be successful, which i agree with. No point in "hating capitalism" it's how innovation is spawned but uncontrolled capitalism also spells disaster. It's not a case of not having an opinion on either, it's recognizing that capitalism is OK with controls in place.

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Whilst I accept that capitalists in power require checks and balances, that's because they are humans not because they are bloody capitalists. I can appreciate that you wish to straddle, however, you run the risk of attracting those who won't admit that they believe that when regarding anything, the problem is capitalism, the solution is communism.

Ed.Kloonk:
Blessed are the Cheese makers.

After watching multiple failed attempts through the decades, they finally decided that a brand name (and someone's family name!) of cheese in a bridge too far. And a country town with the same word in it is up for review.

Madness.

https://www.smh.com.au/business/consumer-affairs/coon-cheese-to-be-retired-after-21-year-fight-to-change-its-name-20200724-p55f71.html

Simon:
I think minion is a word that can already be used negatively along the lines of henchmen.

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