GitHub, fuck your name change

Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by Minor49er on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @08:57AM (#26490441)

These aren't metaphors, though. For example, a "parent process" uses the term "parent" that's defined as "a source or origin of a smaller or less important part," not "a father or mother," or one of the other half-dozen definitions

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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by llimos on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @09:46AM (#26491150)

"Kill" is definitely a metaphor. A more literal phrase would be "force stop".

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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by Minor49er on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @11:14AM (#26492346)

One of the definitions of "kill" is "to put an end to or cause the failure or defeat of (something)." This is not a metaphor either.

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Re:GitHub, fuck your name change by IshKebab on Wednesday March 17, 2021 @06:54PM (#26497806)

One of the definitions of "slave" is "A device (such as a secondary flash or hard drive) that is subject to the control of another". Is that not a metaphor either?

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