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LOLWUT: a piece of art inside a database command

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Re: LOLWUT: a piece of art inside a database command

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Post by wyldfire »

skrebbel wrote: post #9
kawsper wrote: post #4

This is exactly the insanity I expect from a man that have been haunted by an internet mob the last past weeks. I like these, Sidekiq also have the tableflip methods (with tests) that does exactly nothing, https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/blob/927680cae78731c540fe...

Insanity? I can't begin to comprehend how extremely unimaginative someone's mind must be to call this insane. Is there really nothing in your world beyond value and usefulness?

From the context it sounds like "insanity" here is used with a positive connotation.

Re: LOLWUT: a piece of art inside a database command

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Post by Yahivin »

kickscondor wrote: post #5

Ah, hackers, we are getting lost inside capitalism - inside startups - inside e-commerce and social media... I am not talking about socialism or leftism, we can get lost in those too - I am talking about 'personal'/'hobbyist'/'obscure' - like we see in zine sites like whimsy.space or the rabbit hole of sites like philosopher.life. A part of our humanity will always be in 'obfuscation'/'code golf', demoscene, abandonw…

Preach it!

Re: LOLWUT: a piece of art inside a database command

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Post by senorprogrammer »

skrebbel wrote: post #9
kawsper wrote: post #4

This is exactly the insanity I expect from a man that have been haunted by an internet mob the last past weeks. I like these, Sidekiq also have the tableflip methods (with tests) that does exactly nothing, https://github.com/mperham/sidekiq/blob/927680cae78731c540fe...

Insanity? I can't begin to comprehend how extremely unimaginative someone's mind must be to call this insane. Is there really nothing in your world beyond value and usefulness?

You might have skimmed over the rest of the parent comment. The second paragraph clearly states a liking for things of this sort.

Re: LOLWUT: a piece of art inside a database command

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Post by umvi »

bovermyer wrote: post #10
Aloha wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I'm both aghast and amused that people are making a big deal about master/slave when used in the context of computers.

The way I look at it, the amount of effort required to change that terminology is less than the amount of community discomfort generated by keeping it.

It makes me very angry when "they" (I'm not even sure who "they" are or what their motives are) go around policing random software projects for political correctness compliance, bullying/mobbing the maintainers if they don't comply, etc. These people even go after your project if one of your maintainers is deemed politically incorrect outside of the scope of the project (i.e. on Twitter) and demand they be kicked out.

I miss the days when politics and political correctness didn't directly affect software projects. What do these political police stand to gain from all of this?

Re: LOLWUT: a piece of art inside a database command

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Post by cabaalis »

kbsletten wrote: post #8
mberning wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

But he didn't get rid of the 'master' terminology, only slave. I bet "they" come for that next. I feel sorry for the guy.

I think the idea of "master" as in a definitive or original copy has enough usage that it's considered a second meaning of the word. I guess it's still possible that people will be upset, but without "slave", it's not unreasonable to assume that people will think of a key or album master instead of a slaver.

Is master/slave even a proper term to begin with? If we approach it from a "human slavery" standpoint, the master directs slaves to perform tasks that the master does not itself perform.

Master/replica makes sense to me in the context of copies that all perform the same function, including the master.

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