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minus-squarepsud@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·edit-21 day agoPerhaps people offended by the usage of master/slave in IT need to understand it isn’t talking about people
minus-square7isanoddnumber@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 hours agoI’ve now got an image in my head of a new satanic panic around daemons and wizards in IT.
minus-squaremerc@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up6arrow-down2·19 hours agoNot anymore, but it does come from that root.
minus-squarefaythofdragons@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·17 hours agoTechnically, so does the word ‘robot’, but it’s not from english, so that linguistic connection to slavery doesn’t get noticed.
minus-squareMonkeMischief@lemmy.todaylinkfedilinkarrow-up4·17 hours agoOh c’mon, now we’re bringing root into this? /j :p
Perhaps people offended by the usage of master/slave in IT need to understand it isn’t talking about people
I’ve now got an image in my head of a new satanic panic around daemons and wizards in IT.
Not anymore, but it does come from that root.
Technically, so does the word ‘robot’, but it’s not from english, so that linguistic connection to slavery doesn’t get noticed.
That’s true.
Oh c’mon, now we’re bringing
root
into this? /j :p