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'Master' and 'slave': Tech terms face scrutiny amid anti-racism efforts
nuno:
--- 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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hackaday also closed comments on the related article ( https://hackaday.com/2020/06/29/updating-the-language-of-spi-pin-labels-to-remove-casual-references-to-slavery/ ). Looks like they are supporting the initiative to the point of closing comments.
I am not liking where this is going, at all. I guess I'll have to re-think some of my usual sites and suppliers.
Kjelt:
I really had to laugh about some comments in that topic.
What are we gonna call all the MSc in the world, SDSc ? ;)
Sal Ammoniac:
:-+ Troll topic of the month--congratulations!
paulca:
This is Jonathon Pie, a UK "angry" political comedian.
EDIT: People slag the BBC off, especially when they ask us to pay like $200 a year whether we watch it or not.... but, the thing is, they aired that. They aired Frankie Boyle. No commercial TV network would dare to air that. But because they do not rely on commercial sponsors and advertisers they can show whatever they like that's of interest to the public.
paulca:
Sounding like I've changed sides. Would you....
Consider a protocol which referred to roles and relationships such as Pimp, Whore, Trick inappropriate?
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