Open Source Time-of-Flight DIY Lidar

Re:Open Source Time-of-Flight DIY Lidar by numpad0 on Thursday March 12, 2020 @05:34AM (#22555141)

Actually incorrect in textbook sense, but widely accepted in recent years to avoid specifying gender.

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Re:Open Source Time-of-Flight DIY Lidar by nicoburns on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:43AM (#22556188)

Also in less recent years. They has always been used in the singular in cases where gender is not apparent (e.g. with babies)

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Re:Open Source Time-of-Flight DIY Lidar by regularfry on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:57AM (#22556297)

And also where it is:

    There's not a man I meet but doth salute me
    As if I were their well-acquainted friend

- A Comedy of Errors, Act IV, Scene 3

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Re:Open Source Time-of-Flight DIY Lidar by regularfry on Thursday March 12, 2020 @08:54AM (#22556272)

Widely accepted back at least as far as Shakespeare. The objection that it's incorrect is what's recent.

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Re:Open Source Time-of-Flight DIY Lidar by C1sc0cat on Thursday March 12, 2020 @06:08AM (#22555270)

For example "they must have forgotten to add the catch all redirect in the .htaccess file"

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