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Re:The Traveling Salesperson Problem by yodsanklai on Sunday May 03, 2015 @06:25PM (#9483329)
Is it the non sexist version of the "Traveling Salesman problem"?
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Re:The Traveling Salesperson Problem by dethstar on Sunday May 03, 2015 @06:46PM (#9483389)
Really? Are you like that with every word? Have you kept yourself from reading master pieces of literature because you thought "oh, well I think they should've gone with X word instead"?
Re:The Traveling Salesperson Problem by Houshalter on Sunday May 03, 2015 @10:26PM (#9484000)
I once tried to read some long essay where the author had replaced all instances of "he"/"she" with some weird made up gender neutral pronoun "xe" or something like it. It wasn't explained anywhere and I was very confused for a few minutes.

It felt really weird and unnatural and detracted from the main point. Testified to the fact that years later I have no memory of what the essay was about but still remember this.

Re:The Traveling Salesperson Problem by frankerz on Sunday May 03, 2015 @09:20PM (#9483843)
It's quite sad that some people's first reaction to everything is to assume that the other carries an agenda and there's a need to be defensive.

Person A thinks that everyone else is a sexist person with an agenda. Person B who doesn't agree with person A thinks everyone else is a radical feminist with an agenda. It's a never ending cycle of stupidity.

/rant