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Re: technical terms overhaul



On 20/06/2020 07:14, Eike Lantzsch wrote:
instead of (for example on disk drives) "master" and "slave" I like to propose
the terms

This discussion reminds me of the PC gaming supremacists on the pcmasterrace subreddit <https://old.reddit.com/r/pcmasterrace/>.

The term "master" has a long history. In addition to its racial connotations, it is also gendered.

Kind regards,

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Ben Caradoc-Davies <ben@transient.nz>
Director
Transient Software Limited <https://transient.nz/>
New Zealand


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