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Re:Inclusive Coding Bot on GitHub by klibertp on Friday April 01, 2022 @12:24PM (#30879947)
> There really isn't a legitimate counter-argument to "can we please work to discontinue using 'master' and 'slave' to describe things in computer science and electronics" so people just run to "THIS IS ABSURD!"

But there is! The BDSM community has a right not to be discriminated against! If we're going to be inclusive, we should hear them out, too...

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Re:Inclusive Coding Bot on GitHub by brippalcharrid on Friday April 01, 2022 @09:22PM (#30885041)
I don't know now what we can't just refer to components in systems as dominant or submissive partners, so that we can dispense with the distracting and problematic language.
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