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Re:“Plug and socket”, industry group pushes for "obvious" ch... by mg794613 on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:10AM (#27770889)
Thew fact alone that sex is being put away as "ewwwww" shows where the real problem lies. Now master and slave was already somewhat ridiculous discussion. This discussion is really a flag waver, as there is no negative connotation with different sexes. Usually written by self acclaimed experts.
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Re:“Plug and socket”, industry group pushes for "obvious" ch... by lotsofpulp on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:15AM (#27770933)
I found some other interesting ones in the linked Google website:

https://developers.google.com/style/inclusive-documentation

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Re:“Plug and socket”, industry group pushes for "obvious" ch... by raxxorrax on Thursday July 08, 2021 @08:28AM (#27771056)
They have to give the inclusivity crowd some kind of work, but I think such rules are extremely counterproductive.

Company likes speech codes and NDAs, but this is just idiotic.

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