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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
Ed.Kloonk:
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--- Quote from: Ed.Kloonk on July 26, 2020, 03:17:47 pm ---You've got to understand that the agenda is so sinister that it doesn't care about consequences you mention.
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I'm not sure I'd call it "sinister", it is more a case of being "stupid nice", or trying to solve a problem in a counterproductive way...
There's a lot of that going around - a strong desire to do good that is not backed up by enough ability to actually make a sustainable actual improvement to the world as a whole.
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Its an agenda that can only be achieved by authoritarianism, and I consider authoritarians sinister.
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Don't be intimidated! Try to figure out what kind of person you are dealing with. Example phone call with a female company representative I had never spoken with before, last week:
Me: "So you would need to discuss these requirements with your dev team?"
Her: "Yes, all of the things we've talked about here would be new features."
Me: "So how many guys are on the dev team? ... erm, I guess I should really say 'Guys and Gals' these days... !"
Her: "[laughs] 'Guys' is not gender specific, so you're safe there!"
Me: "[chuckles] I struggle a bit sometimes with 'They' and 'Them' and 'Their' and that kind of stuff. "
Her: "[laughs again] I've been in this business for a while. You can say 'Him' and 'Her' to me!"
Me: "[laughs] Good to know, in case I slip up! So nice talking with you, I'm looking out for your email."
Her: "[brightly] You too, catch up next week!"
So, now I know I'm dealing with an adult female with a brain, and that we are not going to be having any problems. That's the trick! (Needless to say, if she had turned out to be an authoritarian weirdo, I would not be doing any business with her. See how that works?)
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Assert your dominance by asking what sandwiches she like to make.
;)
james_s:
--- Quote from: MK14 on July 26, 2020, 03:36:20 pm ---E.g. Banning tungsten filament bulbs (for new sales in the EU). When there are all sorts of applications and people, who still, quite rightly want (and deserve), to be able to use them. Yes there are Led lights, but they can hurt your eyes (too bright, wrong light colour), flicker, and be annoying in other ways.
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I don't want to derail the thread here but if LED bulbs are too bright, wrong color, flicker, etc then you've bought the wrong bulbs. There are many good quality LED bulbs on the market that provide an excellent facsimile of an old fashioned tungsten lamp, and you can still get tungsten lamps for the niche applications they are really needed. Having not used one for general illumination in nearly 20 years I'm frankly always a little shocked to find that there are still people using them outside of special applications and nostalgia. They're as obsolete as oil lamps IMO, which are also still readily available for decorative and nostalgia uses just like tungsten lamps. There is no reason to use incandescent for illumination in a modern home or commercial building.
0culus:
--- Quote from: james_s on July 26, 2020, 06:47:01 pm ---
--- Quote from: MK14 on July 26, 2020, 03:36:20 pm ---E.g. Banning tungsten filament bulbs (for new sales in the EU). When there are all sorts of applications and people, who still, quite rightly want (and deserve), to be able to use them. Yes there are Led lights, but they can hurt your eyes (too bright, wrong light colour), flicker, and be annoying in other ways.
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I don't want to derail the thread here but if LED bulbs are too bright, wrong color, flicker, etc then you've bought the wrong bulbs. There are many good quality LED bulbs on the market that provide an excellent facsimile of an old fashioned tungsten lamp, and you can still get tungsten lamps for the niche applications they are really needed. Having not used one for general illumination in nearly 20 years I'm frankly always a little shocked to find that there are still people using them outside of special applications and nostalgia. They're as obsolete as oil lamps IMO, which are also still readily available for decorative and nostalgia uses just like tungsten lamps. There is no reason to use incandescent for illumination in a modern home or commercial building.
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Except the majority of LED lighting sold for home use contains shitty SMPS that (1) spew EMI and (2) are prone to blowing up long before the actual LED is anywhere near EOL. I'd love to see examples of high quality LED lighting that is properly designed not to create EMI and also not to blow up prematurely.
james_s:
--- Quote from: coppice on July 26, 2020, 03:56:25 pm ---Mothers used to care for their young. Now they work, and have to pay someone else to care for their young. Now the mother pays tax on her pay, and the child minder pays tax on their pay. This has been an excellent win-win for Western governments. Its weird. Most people say they hate paying taxes, yet walk right into exchanging untaxed work for taxed work. Its almost like people don't think things through.
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I had not actually thought of this before but it brings to mind an interesting point. While it's great that women who want careers are able to do so now, it has unintended consequences such as the fact that there are so many living in situations like my own, dual income with both of us making decent salaries and no kids to consume all of that added income. This results in dramatically higher household income which in turn drives up housing prices due to the fact that most people buy as much house as they can afford out of a limited pool of housing. This results in a dual income being almost mandatory to get by in most popular areas. As neither of us ever wanted kids and my partner really enjoys her job this has worked out well for us, but if I did want kids I can definitely see the appeal of having one parent stay home to raise them.
My friend was a stay at home dad for the first few years after his son was born while his wife worked full time to bring home the bread. He quite liked it, he always had plenty to do and it was his first "work from home" experience prior to his current corporate job where he also works from home full time. He has commented that there was a great deal of stigma though, many view a man who doesn't work a real job while his wife supports him as being a lazy bum, even if he's busy raising the kid(s) and keeping the house from falling apart. Now he spends a good bit of his salary hiring people to do the things he used to do himself when he didn't have a real job.
james_s:
--- Quote from: 0culus on July 26, 2020, 06:50:08 pm ---Except the majority of LED lighting sold for home use contains shitty SMPS that (1) spew EMI and (2) are prone to blowing up long before the actual LED is anywhere near EOL. I'd love to see examples of high quality LED lighting that is properly designed not to create EMI and also not to blow up prematurely.
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I have loads of examples. I replaced most of the CFLs in my house with Philips remote phosphor and Cree LED bulbs from 2010-2015 and the vast majority of those are still going. The Philips bulbs in my porch lights have run dusk till dawn 7 days a week since 2011 and still look like new. The EcoSmart ones in the lights on the side and back have done the same though they are a bit noisy RFI wise. I haven't noticed any interference from the Philips bulbs though, I'm a ham and have quite a bit of radio gear around, I've been frustrated by the hash from the switchmode power supplies that are in everything now but light bulbs have not been a big problem. The bulbs were expensive when I bought them, initially I was paying 40 bucks a pop but it was money well spent, they've more than paid for themselves by now.
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