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Re:Being a Developer After 40 by naasking on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @11:23AM (#11572621)
> A word loaded to mean 'undeserved advantage'.

"Undeserving" is not part of any definition of privilege I've ever seen, not even the dictionary definition. I think that's just your personal bias against a meaning that isn't the same that others are intending.

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Re:Being a Developer After 40 by JoeAltmaier on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @11:30AM (#11572681)
n.

A special advantage, immunity, permission, right, or benefit granted to or enjoyed by an individual, class, or caste. See Synonyms at right.

n.

Such an advantage, immunity, or right held as a prerogative of status or rank, and exercised to the exclusion or detriment of others

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Re:Being a Developer After 40 by naasking on Tuesday April 26, 2016 @11:58AM (#11572961)
Like I said, whether they were deserving of those benefits does not feature in any of of those definitions.
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