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Re:Easily rename your Git default branch from master to main by Kednicma on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @11:02AM (#23477785)
Replaced with what, though? Nobody talking about "slave" seems to notice that "servant" and "robot" have similar baggage despite different linguistic roots.
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Re:Easily rename your Git default branch from master to main by alwillis on Sunday June 14, 2020 @02:51AM (#23515644)
Nobody talking about "slave" seems to notice that "servant" and "robot" have similar baggage despite different linguistic roots.

As I sometimes say, I've been Black my entire 50+ years on the planet. I've never met another Black person (or anyone regardless of their race or ethnicity) that felt that robot has “similar baggage” to the word slave.

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Re:Easily rename your Git default branch from master to main by rumanator on Wednesday June 10, 2020 @01:46PM (#23479915)
> Replaced with what, though?

With a glorious newspeak that greatly improves on the legacy language by simplifying the grammar and adding safety mechanisms to ensure all conversations are safe spaces.

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