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Let's say you are training a black intern. Do you think you could, with a straight face, explain the nuances of a master-slave relationship in the Linux ecocsystem? On some level, …

Interesting point. I don't think the word "abort" evokes the entire loss of a culture due to systematic genocide of ancestors, but that's just me.

Do you think it'll hurt?

Thank you for your comments. My point about "it doesn't matter how you feel" is inspired by comments like "political correctness culture is out of control". So many times, people a…

The trauma of being asked not to make rape jokes can't be compared to the trauma of being raped. Just do the right thing, is it worth the arguing?

I said nothing about skin color. I said my ancestors were enslaved.

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In all honesty, it doesn't matter how you feel about it. I do feel strongly about it, and I'm Native Mexican, and I have very strong feelings about my ancestors being enslaved. I w…

I am quite surprised to see this default-to-no-action comment here on HN. Sometimes, a problem isn't your fault, but you are still compelled to fix it. If people have this attitude…

Is there something happening in the font world I don't know about? I just spent the past day struggling with fixing my fonts on Arch Linux. I finally just deleted all xorg packages…

After working in the emergency room for three years now, I can firmly say no treatment even comes close to prevention.