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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 whamlastxmas on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @03:52PM (#42938454)
Removing racistly coded language isn’t ridiculous. There’s a reason we don’t use words like “negro” anymore, too.
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Re:GitHub reveals how software engineers are purging federal... by pc86 on Tuesday February 04, 2025 @04:06PM (#42938684)
You're completely right. It's a shame that instead of doing that people were worried about terms like "whitelist."
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