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

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Simon:
since when does SPI have an IO? it's either one or the other, the open source hardware foundation have just introduced so much confusion that the terms will never stick!

PlainName:

--- Quote ---since when does SPI have an IO? it's either one or the other
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Welcome to the "I missed that one too" club from earlier up the thread. A microcontroller, for instance, can have pins that change direction depending on whether it is a master or slave.

langwadt:

--- Quote from: Simon on June 30, 2020, 06:55:44 am ---since when does SPI have an IO? it's either one or the other, the open source hardware foundation have just introduced so much confusion that the terms will never stick!

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SPI can be 4 or 3 wires, with the data line switching direction

Nominal Animal:
- We are the anti-authoritarian Good People™.
- ?
- Here is the list of words you are not allowed to use, or you will be Excised from All Good Communities™.
- Wha..?  Why?  That makes no sense at all!
- Racist!  Racist!  We will burn you at the stake, you nonbeliever offensive racist you!
(Gets burned to the death on the stake)
- Okay, who's next?  Is it time for lunch yet?

Zero999:

--- Quote from: madires on June 29, 2020, 07:11:57 pm ---Another tidbit about the OSHWA's resolution is that they associate slaves with black people which can be seen as racist. Oopsie! Are words racist or people? Maybe the OSHWA should ban itself. >:D

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The so-called Black Lives Matter movement do the same, perhaps we should ban them too?

The odd thing is I used to support them, until the way they showed a blatant disregard for human life, by forming huge crowds in the middle of a pandemic. I now call them No Lives Matter and if people think that's racist, I don't give a fuck. Most of those involved in the protestes are students who are fed up with staying in, as the colleges, universitys and clubs are closed and need an excuse to get out. They don't really care about the lives of blacks, or anyone else's.



--- Quote from: nuclearcat on June 29, 2020, 07:15:06 pm ---Oh well, this stupidity hit hackaday as well.
https://hackaday.com/2020/06/29/updating-the-language-of-spi-pin-labels-to-remove-casual-references-to-slavery/
Someone coined very well in comments:
"This is what psychologists call “displacement activity”. When you can’t directly change something, people change something else that they can, even if it is not relevant."
And worst part, those who push those changes often belongs to ancestors of enslavers. Either they feel guilt, but dont want to do something real, either just trying to close our eyes to the shameful past of their ancestry.

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Don't get me started on white guilt, which is just nonense. No one should be made to feel guilty for the actions of their ancestors, which they have no control over. Making someone feel bad about themselves because of their race/ancestory is racist and biggoted. I'm in favour of banning the term white guilt.

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