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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by u801e on Sunday February 21, 2021 @08:48PM (#26219750)
> Black list and its opposite, white list, associate black with bad and white with good.

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> The usage of black in “black box” means opaque, not bad.

> So these aren’t the same.

Why did this line of reasoning not apply to the name of the default branch in git? master in that case could easily mean master copy.

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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by aksss on Sunday February 21, 2021 @09:08PM (#26219920)
Git avoids race conditions
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Re:YouTube blocked chess channel after mistaken detection of... by curlypaul924 on Sunday February 21, 2021 @10:12PM (#26220421)
Yes, master could mean master copy, but that analogy falls apart quickly. Obviously it's not master/slave (I don't even know what a slave branch would mean). But that doesn't mean it's a good name. And not being a good name doesn't mean we should change it everywhere (because change has a cost that must be weighed).
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