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  • N NotYourAverageGuy

    Not a joke... We maintain a product that uses the terms 'master' and 'slave' to describe the certain roles within a data replication topology. It has been demanded of us by a potential user to change these names immediately in all source code, test suites, documentation, etc... :wtf:

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    Lost User
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    Roughly 20 years ago I was tasked with cleaning up / maintaining my company's AT&T telephone switch configuration. I needed to buy a special AT&T terminal communication card and application for a connected PC. An AT&T rep came to train me on it's use. On the configuration screens - after changes were made - you had to issue a "Submit" command to send the requested change to the switch. Pretty normal stuff. The AT&T rep (a woman and an early SJW) complained at least a dozen times during the hour long training session about how the programmers must be men because they always want women to "submit".

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    • L Lost User

      They code with their guns too? :omg:

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      den2k88
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      Urban Cricket wrote:

      They code with their guns too?

      You don't? It's called troubleshooting for a reason.

      GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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      • R realJSOP

        We were just told that we may not be able to include whitespace in our code... because it's not inclusive enough.

        ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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        You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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        When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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        den2k88
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        Next step: outlaw the do statement. It will become

        if it does not disturb you{
        // stuff to be done at leisure and without pressure
        } (thanks)

        GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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        • D den2k88

          Next step: outlaw the do statement. It will become

          if it does not disturb you{
          // stuff to be done at leisure and without pressure
          } (thanks)

          GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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          Lost User
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          Yeah on github there is already a project running: [GitHub - ErisBlastar/cplusequality: Feminist Software Foundation C+=, a new language for us feminists](https://github.com/ErisBlastar/cplusequality) It was banned some time ago, now it seems to be back.

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          • N Nathan Minier

            If you set your devenv theme to dark, it would be blackspace. If they question it, just call them racist.

            "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

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            Slacker007
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            Actually, white people pretending to be black has been determined to be racist. So, John is not allowed to have a dark theme with any of his software, etc, since he is white. Same goes for me. :sigh:

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            • R realJSOP

              But SSMS doesn't have a dark theme, so we're still violating some snowflake's sensitivity somewhere..

              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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              When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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              Slacker007
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              John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote:

              But SSMS doesn't have a dark theme,

              No, when using SSMS you are actually identifying yourself as a smurf. I believe the color is dark blue, so you are identifying yourself as a black smurf. This is alright, because as long as you are "identifying" yourself as something you are clearly not, you are Ok, and will not be placed on the special train.

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              • S Slacker007

                Actually, white people pretending to be black has been determined to be racist. So, John is not allowed to have a dark theme with any of his software, etc, since he is white. Same goes for me. :sigh:

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                Nathan Minier
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                Ah, but he is not the spacing in his code. Did you just assume his IDE background's color!? :laugh:

                "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

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                • N Nathan Minier

                  Ah, but he is not the spacing in his code. Did you just assume his IDE background's color!? :laugh:

                  "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

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                  Slacker007
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                  Nathan Minier wrote:

                  Did you just assume his IDE background's color!?

                  :-O I guess I have to get on the special train now. Nice knowing you guys...

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                  • L Lost User

                    Yeah on github there is already a project running: [GitHub - ErisBlastar/cplusequality: Feminist Software Foundation C+=, a new language for us feminists](https://github.com/ErisBlastar/cplusequality) It was banned some time ago, now it seems to be back.

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                    Nathan Minier
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                    C+= wrote:

                    O is 50% of the time 0, and 50% of the time 1. The determination of this depends on how the underlying logic feels at the moment.

                    Thanks, that made my week!

                    "Never attribute to malice that which can be explained by stupidity." - Hanlon's Razor

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                    • R realJSOP

                      We were just told that we may not be able to include whitespace in our code... because it's not inclusive enough.

                      ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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                      You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                      -----
                      When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                      kmoorevs
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                      Funny, I got that error (invalid whitespace) the other day trying to read a 404 as an xml doc! :laugh: (webhost was down)

                      "Go forth into the source" - Neal Morse

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                      • N NotYourAverageGuy

                        Not a joke... We maintain a product that uses the terms 'master' and 'slave' to describe the certain roles within a data replication topology. It has been demanded of us by a potential user to change these names immediately in all source code, test suites, documentation, etc... :wtf:

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                        TheGreatAndPowerfulOz
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                        governor / subject controller / target parent / child dominatrix / submissive

                        #SupportHeForShe Government can give you nothing but what it takes from somebody else. A government big enough to give you everything you want is big enough to take everything you've got, including your freedom.-Ezra Taft Benson You must accept 1 of 2 basic premises: Either we are alone in the universe or we are not alone. Either way, the implications are staggering!-Wernher von Braun

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                        • N NotYourAverageGuy

                          Not a joke... We maintain a product that uses the terms 'master' and 'slave' to describe the certain roles within a data replication topology. It has been demanded of us by a potential user to change these names immediately in all source code, test suites, documentation, etc... :wtf:

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                          GuyThiebaut
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                          I would suggest Mistress and Gimp as an alternative to satisfy the client's requirements.

                          “That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”

                          ― Christopher Hitchens

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                          • D den2k88

                            Urban Cricket wrote:

                            They code with their guns too?

                            You don't? It's called troubleshooting for a reason.

                            GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++*      Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X

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                            Remind me to remove every Texan from the building before a deployment :)

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                            • R realJSOP

                              We were just told that we may not be able to include whitespace in our code... because it's not inclusive enough.

                              ".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
                              -----
                              You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
                              -----
                              When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013

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                              Lost User
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                              In the word of finance a spread is a type of contract which has multiple legs. I once had the pleasure of writing the following spread.legs.push_back(...) No one mentioned it in the code review so it got committed and probably survives to this day.

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