It sounds way less offensive to those who decry the original terminology’s problematic roots but still keeps its meaning intact.
Considering how many tech enthusiasts are Femboys using the terms Dom and Sub sounds like a good idea :3
If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
Submitted 5 months ago by Someonelol@lemmy.dbzer0.com to showerthoughts@lemmy.world
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kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
JackbyDev@programming.dev 5 months ago
Why do you assume all femboys are into BDSM?
kittenzrulz123@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
I thought they were general terms to describe top and bottom
ipkpjersi@lemmy.ml 5 months ago
I love the idea of this, it’s hilarious to me LMAO
taiyang@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m not sure we even need that terminology at this point… I knew it from hard drives but I’m either 1) dealing with way more than two drives, or 2) using Linux which I don’t even think of as a master/slave so much as a fuck-you-mount-me-or-not-I-don’t-care partitions.
I’m not really sure where else it’s used, especially since everything else seems to just be primary/secondary. But I’m no CS major so IDK.
knightmare1147@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I was just doing client and host but I’m down for some kink in my computers.
JustARegularNerd@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Aren’t IDE drives basically the only thing that used the master/slave terminology?
isaaclw@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Icinga2 uses it
Databses used to and switched to primary secondary
Code releses use master, develop…
Its all over software still but transitioning
sandbox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
the master branch in git refers to mastering, the same as the term “remastered”
final_grill@lemm.ee 5 months ago
Bluetooth used it as well, but have now switched to central/peripheral.
dufkm@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Nah, industrial communication protocols in the IT industry uses lots of master/slave terminology. E.g. Modbus and Profibus DP comes to mind.
yesman@lemmy.world 5 months ago
That’s all fine and good for computer science, but if Master/Slave terminology is canceled, who’s going to tell the philosophy department?
4lan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I renamed our blacklist to the blocklist and not one person noticed.
Oaksey@lemmy.world 5 months ago
And the w…list?
4lan@lemmy.world 5 months ago
block
Allow List
No colors needed lol
azl@lemmy.sdf.org 5 months ago
This also works for binary cable or interface connectors formerly known as “male” and “female”.
ristoril_zip@lemmy.zip 5 months ago
I use it if it’s already in use, but if I’m starting a new design I try to avoid “Master” and I really try to avoid “Slave”
bhamlin@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Funny how people get heated over things that don’t matter. OK, it has been one way for a long time. But had it been Parent/Child the same amount of time, would it be any different?
As long as you know the meanings of what is used, it doesn’t matter what they are. If someone would rather not use master/slave, let them. No one is stopping you from making a choice to keep using it. You also might have to interact with consequences for that choice, but that’s what you get for working with other people. 🫠
BlucifersVeinyAnus@sh.itjust.works 5 months ago
Tab A; Slot B
menixator@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 months ago
I really hope they adopt this. Not just for tech. To me, the world would become a little bit more interesting with a payment card called a DomCard™ in it.
postmateDumbass@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Token Ring barely avoids copyright/trademark litigation.
Daisy Chain fits with Dom/Sub.
Or we could go full millenial reddit with Bull/Cuck
Rivalarrival@lemmy.today 5 months ago
Chad/Virgin
Teddy@programming.dev 5 months ago
I’ve seen publisher/subscriber out in the wild.
lolola@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 months ago
We’re already using that on the org chart.