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Re:Coding interviews are stupid (ish) by pseudalopex on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @01:48PM (#40300978)
No. Positive discrimination is a form of affirmative action in various countries' laws and policies. Positive action is another. Positive action is not positive discrimination. Paragraph 2 mentioned merely targeting encouragement for increased participation even if you did not know what positive action meant.
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Re:Coding interviews are stupid (ish) by spacebanana7 on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @02:16PM (#40301301)
The text attests to both our interpretations.

1) By saying x is sometimes called y under some circumstances, the text implies x (Affirmative action) is equal to or a subset of y (Positive discrimination)

2) The second paragraph also suggests examples of affirmative action that wouldn’t constitute positive discrimination

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Re:Coding interviews are stupid (ish) by pseudalopex on Wednesday May 08, 2024 @02:24PM (#40301374)
The text would support your interpretation if the article ended after the 1st sentence. And the 1st sentence did not mention positive action.
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