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Re:Mozilla changes Brotli encoding “bro” to “br” due to worr... by A_Beer_Clinked on Saturday October 10, 2015 @10:10AM (#10365556)
good idea! Let's also change the airport code for Brownsville. Better change the ones for Manchester and Guymon too.

Something does need to be done to address the gender balance in software world; this isn't it.

At the coderdojo where I mentor getting girls to engage and stay engaged is an ongoing challenge. Today we had about 25% girls which is about norm for other dojos.

Some background on initiatives. https://coderdojo.com/news/2015/03/11/girls-who-code-coderdo...

Re:Mozilla changes Brotli encoding “bro” to “br” due to worr... by Mithaldu on Saturday October 10, 2015 @10:08AM (#10365554)
As a german i find this suppression of small breads offensive.

http://i.imgur.com/ODHtjqs.jpg

Re:Mozilla changes Brotli encoding “bro” to “br” due to worr... by rajington on Saturday October 10, 2015 @10:34AM (#10365604)
Seriously, the Anti-carb agenda is in full swing and no one is standing up for it.
Re:Mozilla changes Brotli encoding “bro” to “br” due to worr... by throwupaway1138 on Saturday October 10, 2015 @11:22AM (#10365770)
It's swiss/schwabisch, though.
Re:Mozilla changes Brotli encoding “bro” to “br” due to worr... by exceptione on Saturday October 10, 2015 @10:12AM (#10365564)
«"bro" has a gender problem, even though the dual meaning is unintentional. It comes of misogynistic and unprofessional due to the world it lives in.»

If software could think, it would laugh at us.

Re:Mozilla changes Brotli encoding “bro” to “br” due to worr... by raverbashing on Saturday October 10, 2015 @10:16AM (#10365571)
> English words don't have gender.

Yes they do.

Nouns referring to things don't usually have (with the exception of Ship and probably some other ones)

Heir/Heiress, Prince/Princess, etc and of course the pronoun he/she and related words