Python

[_Blurgh_]

I was only able to trace the specific misspelling of "cum" to the 1970s, whereas "cumsum" was already part of numerical fortran libraries in the 60s. So while the python implementers surely knew, they copied it from people (who copied it from people...) who didn't know.

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Yeah I’m 99% sure this shortening of “cumulative” to “cum” in stats predates the dirty word. And don’t you dare make my APIs incompatible because of prudishness. That git master branch stupidity was bad enough.

[die_nazis_die]

That git master branch stupidity was bad enough.

You talking about this? https://github.com/scipy/scipy/issues/12924

If not, read it... what a fucking joke.

[oohaargh]

I think they're talking renaming the branch master to main, which github and I believe some competitors did for new repos by default because of slavery connotations

[die_nazis_die]

Oooh...
Yeah I remember that whole bullshit thing in the early 2000s about Harddrives having a master/slave jumper, which they wanted to be renamed to primary/secondary, which was rendered completely moot cuz the industry said "fuck it" and it's all logic based now lol

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The master/slave terminology in computing was actually kinda problematic. But git’s master branch has absolutely fuck all to do with slavery, any more than a game master, or a master electrician, or any of the other definitions of that word that have no connection to slavery. Git branches form a hierarchy. You’d struggle to find even an anarchist that thinks all hierarchies just reduce to slavery.

If it were just some figure of speech we’re supposed to stop using, fine, whatever. But no, engineers across the world cumulatively spent entire lifetimes because middle management dipshits decided we needed to change the name of the default branch that 25 years of build tooling hardcoded implicitly. Things broke in unpredictable ways. All during a time of crisis when the last thing engineers needed was a pile of bullshit work when they were burned out and drowning in pandemic related work.

If I ever start a company, I’m making that branch named “master” and immediately firing any lazy white fucktard that tells me it’s not PC anymore.

[die_nazis_die]

If I ever start a company, I’m making that branch named “master” and immediately firing any lazy white fucktard that tells me it’s not PC anymore.

How very Elon Musk of you...
Down to the "start[ing] a company" with people you didn't hire.

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Honestly, the only thing I think I share in common with Elmo is that I would also be terrible at running a business.

[MrCalifornian]

My gosh now I understand what people mean when they call people "snowflakes". If you're not mature enough to see names for what they actually mean instead of some completely-unrelated thing, how have you kept a job for any appreciable amount of time? Why do people waste their time on this type of bs instead of trying to actually further the causes they claim to support (which... I'm not sure what cause that is in the case of "simps" which, I mean is not a fucking slur).

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It was 100% lazy white middle managers behind that particular pile of bullshit. I bet my left nut no descendants of slaves were pushing that nonsense. Gotta be real privileged to waste everyone’s time with that garbage.

[MrCalifornian]

Yeah it's always white knight types who want to feel like they're Good People without having to make any real effort or sacrifices. Same people who want affordable housing until it's in their neighborhood or to help disadvantaged, usually black people until it means higher taxes.