EPTSame with master/slave. Manager/worker is better.
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WarSame
Canada1950 Posts
Same with master/slave. Manager/worker is better. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17845 Posts
On June 15 2020 23:16 WarSame wrote: I agree with Nesserev. I think the PC approach to get to these terms is a little silly, but I've always hated the use of the term master branch. Main branch is a much better name. Same with master/slave. Manager/worker is better. While I agree with you I'm actually more concerned of where this will lead and when will it end. Sure, slave does sound bad no matter how you look at it but master can have many meanings that need not relate to slavery (soon they'll take away your master's degree in identity politics). I'm really afraid though that if we start renaming things and will implement manager/worker instead of master/slave then it won't be long when a 3rd wave of communism strikes and will demand that it be changed because we should not use terms reserved for a working class etc. etc. Another thing is that if we remove all slavery related words from our vocabularies we might actually forget that slavery even existed, but that's a talk for another topic  | ||
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Acrofales
Spain18446 Posts
On June 15 2020 23:16 WarSame wrote: I agree with Nesserev. I think the PC approach to get to these terms is a little silly, but I've always hated the use of the term master branch. Main branch is a much better name. Same with master/slave. Manager/worker is better. Except that master/slave in the case of hdd has nothing to do with manager/worker. Primary/secondary would be a better description, but was already use with a different meaning. But slavery being bad for humans doesn't make slavery bad for hard disks. I don't see the problem at all. It's not as if we are oppressing that poor secondary drive (or DB). Master git branch I agree doesn't make much sense. Even in the sense of master copy it doesn't make much sense, as the idea of a master copy is that it is immutable. And is the "original" from which copies are made, whereas the "master git branch" has that meaning, but is also where eventually changes are merged into. Master just doesn't make a lot of sense here, and main would better describe what it is. | ||
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WarSame
Canada1950 Posts
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spinesheath
Germany8679 Posts
I do think it's important to do something about racism, but trying to rename things that only relate to it because they share a word does not help. I get that this is an emotional time and that people are more sensitive about such words right now. But it only gives other people a reason to be annoyed with these movements. | ||
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Manit0u
Poland17845 Posts
![[image loading]](https://i.imgur.com/pu7oaUi.jpg) Made my day. | ||
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JohnNelson
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necrosexy
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Silvanel
Poland4769 Posts
However our project is already streteched and we often do overtime. No way we keep delivering working 10% time less. Everyone recognized that. As a result additional people will be hired to cover this missing 10%. Since it is huge project they will hire around 45 people to cover that missing time. Those people will need to be trained of course and it will take several months before they can contribute in a meaningful way to the project. It will also take someones time to train them. It would be cheaper to just let us work 100% time but hey, no exceptions! | ||
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Nesserev
Belgium2760 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18446 Posts
On July 07 2020 20:20 Nesserev wrote: It has been known since the sixties that the "mongolian hordes approach" doesn't work. What a bunch of idiots. To be fair to the company, this sounds like a fairly typical outcome of a negotiation between the company and a workers' union. The unions are generally super fearful of "exceptions" to this type of rule, as management (ab)uses it to exempt themselves, whereas the bottom of the foodchain laborers get hit without fail. So this type of "absolutely no exception" kinda thing is general a rule from the union, not a company thing. If it were up to the company, they'd probably improve that 10% efficiency by selectively furloughing 10% of the employees (or maybe not, but picking specific areas where people work considerably shorter). But while that would be efficient, it also isn't fair. My company is in a similar spot, but they've allowed a few exceptions (particularly customer service, whose workload increased considerably due to covid), and in general, deadlines are simply pushed back to adapt to reduced working times. | ||
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Silvanel
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Pataracts
Canada3 Posts
On June 16 2020 00:01 Manit0u wrote: While I agree with you I'm actually more concerned of where this will lead and when will it end. Sure, slave does sound bad no matter how you look at it but master can have many meanings that need not relate to slavery (soon they'll take away your master's degree in identity politics). I'm really afraid though that if we start renaming things and will implement manager/worker instead of master/slave then it won't be long when a 3rd wave of communism strikes and will demand that it be changed because we should not use terms reserved for a working class etc. etc. Another thing is that if we remove all slavery related words from our vocabularies we might actually forget that slavery even existed, but that's a talk for another topic I'm having trouble understanding what you're afraid of, to be honest. Master might be just a word from your perspective, but to Black people (and others) it has a very specific meaning that has its roots in generations of dehumanizing slavery and trauma (that hasn't actually stopped and is still ongoing today). If we can all agree to move away from certain language so that everyone can feel safe and comfortable, why not do that? As far as the red scare/communism stuff goes... I really don't think the slope is that slippery. What exactly is so bad about finding language that best fits what we're trying to communicate? What's so scary? | ||
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Pataracts
Canada3 Posts
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Manit0u
Poland17845 Posts
On July 08 2020 05:43 Pataracts wrote: Does anyone have any advice on how best to create android apps that are centered around privacy? Was thinking about "degooglfying" my phone and trying to find/create some replacement software for things that I can't find in F-Droid. Android and privacy are antonyms But seriously, it's hard to do any form of security on a smartphone without losing a bunch of features. You shouldn't really allow anything the location access, but then you can kiss maps and such goodbye. The same goes for camera, microphone, bluetooth and wi-fi. Recently I've been thinking of going back to something like Nokia 3310. I don't really need most of the features of smartphones and the only thing I'd miss would be my bank app. 99% of the time my phone is just lying somewhere, being useless. | ||
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Silvanel
Poland4769 Posts
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Acrofales
Spain18446 Posts
On July 13 2020 22:11 Silvanel wrote: Ok, so here is a link to new Daimler video with presentation of new S class (mainly digital solutions) that i promised: https://media.mercedes-benz.com/player/3cf9cf47-17ae-4c80-9787-58e509fede88 Part of it is just spent talking but later on they show of some cool features (starts around 10:10) Very snazzy. Congrats! | ||
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Ujin19
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Godwrath
Spain10165 Posts
I have a doubt with an exercise and enums. Mostly about how it is the correct way to use it. I have a polymorphism exercise where I have three kinds of employees, sellers, secretaries and bosses. I created an enum with the kind of job they do, and a field to contain such a job in employee, so secretary will have in that field, secretary from the enum. + Show Spoiler + enum Jobs{Secretario,Vendedor,JefeZona}; protected Jobs job; My problem comes how should i approach this, right now i have it in the constructor of each subclass of employee: + Show Spoiler + public Secretario(String despacho, String fax, String nombre, String apellidos, String DNI, String direccion, int anyos_antiguedad, String telefono, double salario, String supervisor) { super(nombre, apellidos, DNI, direccion, anyos_antiguedad, telefono, salario, supervisor); this.office = despacho; this.fax = fax; this.job = Jobs.Secretario; } But I don't know if this is correct, or if it will create some problems down the line. Can I assign a value in the constructor or should i always give it as a parameter? Are we allowed to do this ? The thing is, if i create an instance of secretary, its job will always be secretary, that's why i am assigning the job directly in the constructor, but i don't know if this is correct. Thanks in advance guys. | ||
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Furikawari
France2522 Posts
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