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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by DyslexicAtheist on Friday July 03, 2020 @04:47PM (#23727458)
it distracts from the real problem and from actual solutions as I mentioned in my other comment[1]. companies actions (such as using off-shore havens, and funding surveillance Tech) need to stop. by playing the culture war we make ourselves feel good without stopping anything.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23727420

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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by shahruz on Friday July 03, 2020 @05:37PM (#23727875)
You're not wrong. These are two separate issues and they should both be improved. It's not like we can only do one without the other, and the first steps to bigger change will almost always start with small steps that many feel are too small.
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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by spaniard89277 on Friday July 03, 2020 @05:03PM (#23727614)
> by playing the culture war we make ourselves feel good without stopping anything.

Thank god I'm not alone.

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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by WaxProlix on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:36PM (#23728230)
Not only are you not alone, that's both the default view of many (most?) programmers and the stated claim of many closeted racists who want to detract from incremental steps by referencing orthogonal issues and derailing conversations.
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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by spaniard89277 on Saturday July 04, 2020 @04:06AM (#23730901)
I don't want to detract anything, I just find it absurd. You can call me what you want, don't really care at this point.
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