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		circlefavshape on Dec 20, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Stanford's “Elimination of Harmful Language” Initi... "I am actually sympathetic to avoiding the master/slave dichotomy when naming software systems, exactly because I have heard actual reports of people feeling uncomfortable with these terms, for somewhat obvious reasons." The reasons honestly aren't obvious to me. Doesn't everyone knows slavery existed? I don't really get it ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

tsimionescu on Dec 20, 2022 [–]

I can't say I understand exactly myself, but it is a real feeling real people have, and that matters to me, even if can't directly understand it.

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