Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li...
by HappyDreamer on Thursday July 09, 2020 @02:32AM
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I'm wondering if "Master" isn't the problem — it's "Slave" that's not so good.
And, when changing "Slave" to e.g. "Follower", it makes sense to rename "Master" to "Leader" too.
I'm surprised some people want to rename the Git "master" branches to "main", although the word "slave" is absent in this context. That's similar to your MasterCard example? (Rename to "MainCard".) But I'm not a native speaker or color minority person where I am currently, so what do I know.
At the same time, "main branch" is shorter than "master branch" and simpler to understand for beginners? I think it's a better name.
Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li...
by shahruz on Friday July 03, 2020 @08:40PM
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So it's not worth doing anything because there's a line somewhere ahead? At some point whatever startup you're working on will definitely reach an end in some form, so you should definitely stop working now.
Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li...
by baggy_trough on Friday July 03, 2020 @06:29PM
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Sorry astronomers, black holes and white dwarfs are cancelled.
Given the word 'Master' would asking 'MasterCard' to change its name make it less racist? Can't say Masters degree anymore because someone has dragged race into it and has been 'offended' by it. Perhaps you know some academic who's in a dilemma and can't cite a quote from a paper because the terminology contains the scary 'Master' word in it due to fear of being called a 'racist' if they use it. See where this goes? Where do you draw the line and how far will this be taken?
At some point, someone is going to draw the line somewhere and disagree with renaming for the sake of virtue signalling.