Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer

Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by flukus on Monday August 26, 2019 @02:15AM (#20797804)

Because it's like having subtle adult jokes in Disney movies, the adults get it and the children are oblivious and unharmed by them. Anyone offended by the use of porn star names wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) know what it's referencing.

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Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by enneff on Monday August 26, 2019 @02:57AM (#20797959)

I know that porn is pretty normalised by western culture, and I’m not reply anti porn myself, but if you can’t see how another adult might find porn references in their work inappropriate then I don’t know what to tell you.

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Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by rootusrootus on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @06:08PM (#20814920)

Heh, 9 out of 10 people couldn't even tell you where those names came from. They never even had a chance to be offended. And frankly, not too many people wandering through the datacenter spent much time reading all the labels.

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Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by dragonwriter on Monday August 26, 2019 @03:11AM (#20797997)

> Anyone offended by the use of porn star names wouldn't (or at least shouldn't) know what it's referencing.

“Offended by the use of X to name servers at their workplace” doesn't imply “have never heard and wouldn't recognize the names of X”. Whether X is “porn stars” or “Nazi leaders”.

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Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by arpa on Monday August 26, 2019 @08:05AM (#20799101)

I'm naming my server Godwin.

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Re:Things I Learnt from a Senior Software Engineer by rootusrootus on Tuesday August 27, 2019 @06:12PM (#20814951)

It is somewhat amazing how reliable that rule is. A part of me wonders how many people actually do it on purpose.

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