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Re:NIPS Name Change by tptacek on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @12:08AM (#18289654)
Does anyone here actually care about the substance of this story (academic conference considers name change due to racist homograph, opts against)? Nothing happened. Reasonable people might have changed the name. These reasonable people didn't.
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Re:NIPS Name Change by 5minbreak on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @10:14AM (#18292564)
Yeah, I cared about this issue. I think it is an interesting direction that tech is going in, and to see some pushback against the identity politics/social justice movement.

Perhaps comparable to changing the name Black Hat so to not offend people of color. Reasonable or madness?

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Re:NIPS Name Change by tptacek on Wednesday October 24, 2018 @10:21AM (#18292625)
In absolutely no way comparable; a laughable comparison.
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