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

--- Quote from: dunkemhigh on June 29, 2020, 05:35:45 pm ---
--- Quote ---The master drives the slave select signals and the clock.
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Yes, fair enough  :palm:

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Notice how the poor old master is doing all the work there, and the slave can just sit back and let things happen.  ;)
madires:

--- Quote from: ElectronRob on June 29, 2020, 05:38:58 pm ---Comments already disabled, I guess telling people what they can and cannot say is easier if you also delete all the historical words you disagree with.

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When the Open Source Hardware Association censors non-offensive free speech then it should be renamed into Closed Source Hardware Association. >:D
Simon:

--- Quote from: madires on June 29, 2020, 05:59:20 pm ---
--- Quote from: ElectronRob on June 29, 2020, 05:38:58 pm ---Comments already disabled, I guess telling people what they can and cannot say is easier if you also delete all the historical words you disagree with.

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When the Open Source Hardware Association censors non-offensive free speech then it should be renamed into Closed Source Hardware Association. >:D

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OK maybe i went too far calling the author "shit for brains"...... or hit too close to home.
donotdespisethesnake:
The weird thing is I am what people what describe as a progressive liberal. I'm that guy who asks people not to use sexist or homophobic language. Now I suddenly find I am on "the wrong side", and the mob has pitchforks and they are coming for me.

Because apparently, if I am against this pointless renaming, I am pro-slavery, and the mob will make it hard for me to find a job.


--- Quote ---I think that the people who are already having a hard time finding jobs because of racial bias and discrimination don’t particularly care that you’re having trouble finding a job because you apparently talk about how much you love master/slave terminology on the internet.
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The threat "what you write on the internet will be used against you" is not a joke. People lives get ruined, even by case of mistaken identity https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/06/what-its-like-to-get-doxed-for-taking-a-bike-ride.html

Needless to say, my followup to that comment was censored. I guess you never realize the power of the mob until they turn on you.
coppice:

--- Quote from: donotdespisethesnake on June 29, 2020, 06:09:54 pm ---The weird thing is I am what people what describe as a progressive liberal. I'm that guy who asks people not to use sexist or homophobic language.

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That's sooooo last year. This year you are only termed a progressive liberal if you are authoritarian, racist, sexist, and homophobic. Remember that names are not chosen to illuminate, but to obscure.
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