Just checking the msm for any word from Linus Torvalds.
Nothing doing. Last word according to them was June 9th when I think he was still a bit annoyed about the Linux 6.3 hiccups. What's a "pull request" btw? That just shows how much I know.
And he announced he was "woke" to a online commenter who overstepped the mark in calling the NYT a bunch of leftist commies. -g-
<<I am one of those “woke communists”: Linus Torvalds>>
I am one of those “woke communists”: Linus Torvalds (itsfoss.com)
Just as well I am skipping Linux and going straight to FreeBSD. I think 1980's code (slightly updated) is the place to be. Got the 2nd edition of Absolute FreeBSD by Michael W, Lucas on the cheap... second hand. The 3rd editions are expensive, but you can download the 3rd edition as a pdf for free. I prefer the paper version to read. I can check what the 3rd edition says different later. That is if I manage to understand anything in the second edition.
So just checking the other channels from msm.
Non-violent Cisco prefers to 'feed two birds with one scone' • The Register
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The post points out that language matters.
"Why practice inclusive language? Simply put, to bring your team together," wrote Maulie Dass, global lead for Cisco's Innovation Labs. "We may never truly know people's histories, and what you consider unimportant may be a barrier to progress for another person," she added.
Dass therefore tries to use inclusive language – a topic the tech industry considered in 2020 and 2021 when it was realized that terms like "blacklist" and "hanging processes" were off-putting or offensive.
An Inclusive Naming Initiative with representatives of many big tech companies quickly formed and set about defining a dictionary of terms that describe common computing cant without also referring to violence, gender, or racial stereotypes.
As a result, VMware stopped referring to "male" and "female" hardware, and Splunk decided that software "freezes" rather than "hanging".
Linux kernel lead developer Linus Torvalds signed off on language standards that replaced terms like "master" and "slave" with alternatives such as "primary" and "secondary" relationships, "leaders" and "followers", or even "directors" and "performers".
Dass's post revisits much of the debate that went into the changes outlined above, adding her preference to avoid terms that connote ability and disability. "This includes terms like 'handicapped' or using medical conditions in a derogatory way (e.g., 'I'm so ADHD today,' and 'blind spot')," she wrote.
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Thank f**k I have decided to go back to the 1980's for my software. It hard enough to understand as things were.
And just like any other words, they change meaning with use and time. The likes of us will remain "secondaries" all our lives. The "primaries" will live in luxurious splendour as usual -g- |
