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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by jcranmer on Wednesday March 19, 2025 @08:57AM (#43411272)
> For example, right now, I cannot imagine any big academic international conference keep taking place in the US.

There is a language standards committee meeting that was going to take place in the US that is now not because too many attendees think the US is no longer a safe place to travel to. We're already seeing this damage take place.

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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by fc417fc802 on Thursday March 20, 2025 @06:02AM (#43421322)
Really sad the sibling comment got flagged to death. I code in English! Everyone should code in English! No more C++, no more language standards committees, no more nonstandard languages!
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Re:I'm the Canadian who was detained by ICE for two weeks by freehorse on Thursday March 20, 2025 @07:29AM (#43421783)
We should actually call it American, not English! The fact that several centuries ago some people in England spoke this language does not give them rights to call it with their place's name, when AMERICA is NOW so GREAT. I code in American, and AMERICAN is the greatest language of all!

And plus we do not need any standards committee for that, just an executive order.

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