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Re:Android’s 10 Millisecond Problem explained by general_failure on Thursday April 16, 2015 @08:36PM (#9391651)
This comment is terrifying. You cannot say anything without being called out with this sort of terrible attitude.
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Re:Android’s 10 Millisecond Problem explained by Frondo on Thursday April 16, 2015 @10:28PM (#9391965)
Of course you can. Language is intensely rich, there's such a tiny subset of stuff that we're now starting to recognize rubs people the wrong way/excludes people/makes us sound like cavemen.

I don't at all get what benefit there is to being able to say "manly-man programming," either from a communication or a social standpoint.

I don't get what's lost when we replace "manly-man programming" with anything less stupid and awful.

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Re:Android’s 10 Millisecond Problem explained by general_failure on Friday April 17, 2015 @02:02AM (#9392461)
What's gained is language flair and color. You may not see it but I do.

This is like any other literature. Don't force the world into newspeak.

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Re:Android’s 10 Millisecond Problem explained by bjt on Thursday April 16, 2015 @11:34PM (#9392129)
s/cavemen/cavepeople/
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Re:Android’s 10 Millisecond Problem explained by general_failure on Friday April 17, 2015 @02:05AM (#9392469)
We should apply parent's logic here :)
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