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Is there a list of objectionable words/language that one is not supposed to use? A quick search on the f-work gives thousands of hits on github.
Interestingly, a search for "retard" in code on GitHub yields over 200,000 results: https://github.com/search?q=retard&type=Code&utf8=%E2%9C%93 Not sure what made this particular case different.
Is there a list of objectionable words/language that one is not supposed to use? A quick search on the f-work gives thousands of hits on github.
Interestingly, a search for "retard" in code on GitHub yields over 200,000 results: https://github.com/search?q=retard&type=Code&utf8=%E2%9C%93 Not sure what made this particular case different.
Is there a list of objectionable words/language that one is not supposed to use? A quick search on the f-work gives thousands of hits on github.
Interestingly, a search for "retard" in code on GitHub yields over 200,000 results: https://github.com/search?q=retard&type=Code&utf8=%E2%9C%93 Not sure what made this particular case different.
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Can't say I am. People should be free to use the language they wish. The words that were offensive 200 years ago are laughable today. It's just such a superficial thing, almost arbitrarily deciding which words are 'sensitive' and which ones aren't, I cannot stand behind efforts to censor the world. Once upon a time 'idiot' was the more common word for the mentally disabled. Has GitHub banned 'idiot,' too? Good long w…
>It's just such a superficial thing, almost arbitrarily deciding which words are 'sensitive' and which ones aren't This cannot be further from the truth. Words that are deemed offensive are deemed so because of the attitude and the meaning behind using these words The reason white people get yelled at for using n (don't know if I can post it on HN) is because it represents hundreds of years of oppression by white peo…
The fact that words "have context and actual loaded meanings" is besides the point. I am saying that these things come into fashion and then pass away.
I'm sure you know it was only in the past 70 years that 'gay' took on its new meaning.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay#Shift_to_homosexual
Stop trying to lock words in place and ban them. Let people use them or avoid them as they will, and their meanings will shift, as they always have.
Fine with me. It's an offensive term and GitHub has every right to police their service and ban content like this. Am I supposed to be concerned by this, and if so, why?
It's also a verb which means to slow down.
For example, it is necessary to retard the ignition timing of a gasoline engine, and more so at higher RPM, to prevent detonation.
Even if you dissagree with that you should still be able to see that even if we did s/retard/moron/ or replaced it with git, idiot etc it would still violate the TOS.
Fine with me. It's an offensive term and GitHub has every right to police their service and ban content like this. Am I supposed to be concerned by this, and if so, why?
Some people feel entitled to say what they want on any platform they choose and cry "censorship" when their offensive speech is removed.
My guess is GH doesn't actively monitor things like this, but someone complained. So they're removing it, and it's just a matter of time before we hear a thousand "slippery slope" arguments.
If someone was interested in moving their content off of GitHub, how would they go about doing so? Doesn't popcorn time use something else? Asking for a friend, of course... :3 Edit: Looks like they're running GitLab Community Edition https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/
A honest question, why are most people here okay with this, but they’re not okay with for example Facebook censoring certain content?
Calling vocabulary subs like this "censorship" greatly glorifies the users of said language, as unless they're deliberately trying to be offensive there is always an equally useful word at hand.