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   feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 00:36:02 JST feld
   Microsoft is paying people to replace master/slave terminology in the Linux kernel
   
   https://lore.kernel.org/dri-devel/20240329170038.3863998-1-eahariha@linux.microsoft.com/T/
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 00:54:24 JST Sick Sun

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     @feld Sorry you're just finding out now but I am adding master-slave to as many places in code as I can.
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 00:54:25 JST feld

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     Uhoh guys, the Linux kernel has designated "security officers". The word "officer" is a derivative of the word "overseer" from slave plantations.
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     ™️¥ (tomey@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 01:12:46 JST ™️¥

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     @sun @feld https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iExgnVXSAuE
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 01:12:47 JST Sick Sun

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     @feld @tomey demanding the name of things change is the ultimate "I'm helping" move.
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     feld (feld@bikeshed.party)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 01:12:48 JST feld

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     @tomey @sun I've tried explaining this phenomenon to non-tech people and they always seem so perplexed about why anyone would care.
     
     My old neighbor who is a bit of a geek responded "How is this helping anyone in our community?"
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     ™️¥ (tomey@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 01:12:49 JST ™️¥

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     @sun @feld Is the word master completely verboten now? Like saying "master craftsman" or the "old masters"? This is a master/apprentice dynamic and not a master/slave, but somebody might misunderstand it and be offended. Better to be safe than sorry and rewrite art history textbooks.
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     Sick Sun (sun@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 06-Apr-2024 01:27:29 JST Sick Sun

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     @tomey @feld what about they are systematically going after all of them. I'm opposed to changing any of it because it's just purity spiral bullshit that if you accept it it accelerates forever.