How does gdb work?

Re:How does gdb work? by chrisseaton on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @11:50AM (#12262628)

Well exactly - you don't care and you just write 'their'. You're the one suggesting that we should go out of our way to do detective work to find some evidence of whether someone looks like a man or a woman. It's easier to just say 'their'.

Also, I've seen several comments here of someone making what I presume are honest mistakes in using the wrong pronoun and being publicly shamed for it.

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Re:How does gdb work? by ruraljuror on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @01:36PM (#12263464)

I don't know if it's necessarily easier to read, you are introducing a lot of ambiguity. When you say "Julia's writing on their blog," it sounds like she's writing on a blog that belongs to other people.

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Re:How does gdb work? by chrisseaton on Wednesday August 10, 2016 @02:19PM (#12263773)

> it sounds like she's writing on a blog that belongs to other people

It doesn't to me. Maybe it varies by region.

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