The ACM has a list of common terms to avoid in writing in and about computing with a brief mention, a sentence of explaination and a list of alternatives.
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Jan D (simulo@hci.social)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 14:09:30 JST Jan D -
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Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🏴☠️🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦🐧 (jeffcliff@shitposter.world)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 14:09:29 JST Jeff "never puts away anything, especially oven mitts" Cliff, Bringer of Nightmares 🏴☠️🦝🐙 🇱🇧🧯 🇨🇦🐧 @simulo "Dark patterns" verbotten? What is this list written by the prince of darkness bill gates^W^Wsatan? What a complete and utter waste of human action. -
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Protoss (cyrillic@lab.nyanide.com)'s status on Saturday, 18-Jan-2025 14:33:29 JST Protoss @jeffcliff @simulo >binary
>supremacy
so the concepts of a two-base number system and one thing being greater than another need to go?
wow that's even even more moronic than I expected,
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