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A comment on GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal databases. Parent comment

Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by eastbound on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:45PM (#42937571)
Is there even a correlation between removing white-related vocabulary and better performance of black people (removing other biases such as density)? Are you removing white terms by racism against whites, or is it a honest attempt at performing better?

Because honestly it doesn’t feel like the world has improved, seen from Europe, in the 15 last years. Like, not at all.

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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by floatrock on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @02:52PM (#42937658)
Can we just leave it at "allowlist/denylist is declarative terminology without any attached baggage, and declarative is always better"?

It's like the bathroom fearmongering... don't show your junk to people who don't want to see it, and wash your hands. Just be kind and be a decent human being.

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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by lo_zamoyski on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:02PM (#42937805)
But there is no baggage, and this attempt to police innocuous language based on someone's pet paranoias is bullying.
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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by darknavi on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:08PM (#42937894)
The cronut was invented in 2013, so we have that going for us. Which is nice.
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