Re:Why renaming Git’s master branch is a terrible idea
by tomp on Friday November 13, 2020 @08:09AM
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It should be obvious by now that cancel culture isn't about being considerate and avoiding being offensive, but instead the point is bullying others and dominating them. They even admit as much:
> I wanted to start by focusing on the obvious one, Its harder for them to object to just one to start with, then once they admit the logic, we can expand the list
From Scott Aaronson's blog, when Quantum Supremacy was cancelled, because, as "master", "supremacy" is also wrongspeak.
> I wanted to start by focusing on the obvious one, Its harder for them to object to just one to start with, then once they admit the logic, we can expand the list
From Scott Aaronson's blog, when Quantum Supremacy was cancelled, because, as "master", "supremacy" is also wrongspeak.
Edit: link for the above quote https://www.scottaaronson.com/blog/?p=4450