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

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pardo-bsso:
I'm surprised that this article by antirez On Redis master-slave terminology ( [url=http://antirez.com/news/122]http://antirez.com/news/122 ) [/url] isn't making the rounds again.

Now to derail the thread a bit more.

During my first years of university I worked part-time as a taxi dancer (among other related nightly jobs). I grew a very thick skin but which kind of stuff can I claim as offensive to my very own little subculture?

james_s:

--- Quote from: pardo-bsso on June 30, 2020, 10:45:19 pm ---During my first years of university I worked part-time as a taxi dancer (among other related nightly jobs). I grew a very thick skin but which kind of stuff can I claim as offensive to my very own little subculture?

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What's a taxi dancer? Is that an autocorrect of "driver"?

Simon:

--- Quote from: langwadt on June 30, 2020, 09:34:56 pm ---

you do realize that is a fictional character played by Tom Walker ? ;)

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Yes, and Tom Walker can now say what he likes under the guise of acting the part of Jonathan Pie, because he is supposed to be fictional he gets less heat than if he was saying it himself. The sort of stuff he comes up with is less and less comedy and more and more accurate critique of the situation. Having got the nation to accept and follow this fictional character he can now have it say what he likes - oh and it pays the bills.

I used to listed to satirical programs on radio four and not bother to listen to the news, so well done they were that what was actually going on was clear. I still often here it first on satire, it's less gut wrenching that way or if it is it is in a good way.

He is the first person I have heard point out accurately that reading the guardian is no better than reading the daily mail, both are polarized to the extreme and both are wrong.

Simon:

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--- 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.

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Almost as many comments as the article about Arduino pin headers or how long should lines in source code be. Hackaday know how to do clickbait.

Hackaday have had a long series of profiles of women in science and engineering, mostly very obscure with a minor role (like most men in science and engineering). It seems they forgot to include profiles of people of color...

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I left the green party when the leader issued an apology for not including any black women in her list of women that should run the country......

EEVblog:

--- Quote from: nuno on June 30, 2020, 04:16:53 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.
--- End quote ---

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.

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Oh, I didn't know it was the Open Source Hardware Association (OSHWA) doing this too.
https://www.oshwa.org/a-resolution-to-redefine-spi-signal-names
What next, you aren't allowed to get an open hardware certification number if you don't do this?
They say they "encourage" it, but it really only one step away from banning it in project they certify.
Would be interesting to see what happens if someone submitted a project with the terms and they "encouraged" you to remove and you refused.
Their wording is quite forceful:
" it needs to stop."
"It’s unfortunate and embarrassing that our community has gone this long without acknowledging the need to treat all humans with respect."

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