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Re:Twitter engineers replacing racially loaded tech terms li... by syshum on Saturday July 04, 2020 @09:18AM (#23732025)
Even though the etymology of the phrase does not support the conclusion, I am less troubled by replacing slave with other terms

However Grandfather? Dummy Value? Sanity Check? Enforced speech codes for Pronouns?

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