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Emnjay808
United States10665 Posts
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
Social media platform Twitter is dropping the terms "master", "slave" and "blacklist" in favour of more inclusive language. The terms are frequently used in programming codes which originated decades ago. what a bizarre day | ||
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cecek
Czech Republic18921 Posts
This is amazing. Huge strides were made in the name of equality. I applaud Twitter for this bravery. | ||
TheEmulator
28100 Posts
I know GitHub and a few other common software companies are changing that terminology as well. Blacklist/whitelist is kind of understandable though. Either way these changes aren’t what the world needs lmao. | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
A gesture by company X could be that while Y doing it can be in line with their public and internal stance. | ||
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Erasme
Bahamas15899 Posts
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rabidch
United States20289 Posts
On July 03 2020 18:29 TheEmulator wrote: I’ve never seen slave used in programming tbh. Master is extremely common, but I’ve never thought of racism/slavery when changing my projects branch before. Although I do say that as a privileged white person I guess... I know GitHub and a few other common software companies are changing that terminology as well. Blacklist/whitelist is kind of understandable though. Either way these changes aren’t what the world needs lmao. master/slave is mostly used in bus programming and some terminology used for replication of data in hard drives or databases etc. as a kid i remember changing PATA hard drives on my family computer that required master/slave selections | ||
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PhoenixVoid
Canada32747 Posts
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
Corporate America: we heard you, and after much internal debate and reflection we have decided to censor the episode of 30 Rock where Jenna does blackface Idiots on Twitter: such progress! | ||
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Artisreal
Germany9235 Posts
On July 03 2020 22:30 PhoenixVoid wrote: Will there be demands to alter Hegel and Nietzsche because they used master-slave dialectic and master-slave morality? I suggest if you were attempting to be more inclusive, taking a harder line against trolls and extremists on your platform is more effective. Will the alteration of Hegel make a difference to his works? Will the minuscule change to how things are called in code ( if that's what it is?) Make a difference to the programmes? It's nothing game changing and maybe even unnecessary, but I think your comparison is severely lacking because these things are from an entirely different context. Inanimate lines of code Vs analysis of human behaviour who wield different power. The one is more or less necessary to describe the context and the other seems to me to be an arbitrary name. Is it an excuse for Twitter to do less about actually getting their platform under control? No. Is it worth the resources dedicated to it? I'd rather see it in diversity management or moderator qualification or a dedicated fact checking staff. | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
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eieio
United States14512 Posts
I think removing explicit use of "slave" is good? Like, it always felt weird when I saw master/slave in database land. I've never thought about the use of "master" on its own in git before this recent thing tho. I agree that there's a lot of protestors demanding real change and companies offering pretty weak nonsense in response. passive in other news PUP, along with some other great artists (Lucy Dacus who is *not* a punk artist, some others) all tweeted a link to this punk album on soundcloud that apparently whipped super fucking hard (it was called occult classic? but not the band that put out an album in 2015) and then after 12 hours they took down the link (on purpose, building hype) and I didn't get to listen to it and i want to listen so fukin bad | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
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eieio
United States14512 Posts
On July 04 2020 01:01 PassiveAce wrote: I heard something about that? Someone must have ripped it right?? i can't find it anywhere even on private trackers and i'm losing my mind | ||
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TheEmulator
28100 Posts
On July 03 2020 20:14 rabidch wrote: master/slave is mostly used in bus programming and some terminology used for replication of data in hard drives or databases etc. as a kid i remember changing PATA hard drives on my family computer that required master/slave selections Databases was an optional class at my uni. Never really went too deep into anything hard drive related either. That’s interesting to hear though. | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On July 04 2020 01:23 eieio wrote: i can't find it anywhere even on private trackers and i'm losing my mind Yeh it's not on any torrent sites as far as I can tell. What's going on lol | ||
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Fleetfeet
Canada2723 Posts
On July 03 2020 20:14 rabidch wrote: master/slave is mostly used in bus programming and some terminology used for replication of data in hard drives or databases etc. as a kid i remember changing PATA hard drives on my family computer that required master/slave selections Yeh, I remember changing the configuration of the pins on the back of those HDDs haha. As for master/slave I don't see how banning those terms helps anything at all. Whitelist/blacklist I get because there's a clear good/bad separation, but slavery isn't inherently racist afaik, and I get kinda antzy when language moves towards avoiding use of words because of fear. Obviously if the word/words offend some group of people (which might be the case here) then get 'em out and no harm done. | ||
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PassiveAce
United States18076 Posts
On July 04 2020 01:23 eieio wrote: i can't find it anywhere even on private trackers and i'm losing my mind Unrelated-but-related news | ||
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eieio
United States14512 Posts
On July 04 2020 04:21 PassiveAce wrote: Unrelated-but-related news https://twitter.com/puptheband/status/1278950351526395907 yeah i listened this morning, p good! keep thinking about seeing them right after morbid stuff came out, incredible show | ||
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CorsairHero
Canada9491 Posts
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