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Thank you, that's exactly how I feel. I've got a Master of Science degree, should I feel bad about that? On the other hand, I second that "slave" is not a good
by rmetzler 6y ago
Thank you, that's exactly how I feel. I've got a Master of Science degree, should I feel bad about that?
On the other hand, I second that "slave" is not a good terminology and trivializes real slavery, while a lot of words like "replica" or "worker" are more descriptive in a software context.
- ghaff 6y agoMinion is another option. (Also primary/secondary in some cases.) Replica may or may not be the same thing depending upon context; there are a lot of situations (e.g. flash/strobe) where a secondary device is under the control of the primary/master). I tend to agree that master has a sufficient breadth of meanings that you often can't/shouldn't eliminate its use.
- mnm1 6y agoShould Slavic people now be required to change the name of their ethnicity too? I mean they are literally called slaves. Yup, let's force them to do that because we're being consistent now. No more Slavs. Let's call them replicas. Makes about as much sense as changing "master slave."
- atomicity 6y agoThis is downvoted but I found it interesting that the English word "slave" is derived from Slav. From the Wiki article [0]: "In medieval wars many Slavs were captured and enslaved, which led to the word slav becoming synonym to "enslaved person https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs_(ethnonym) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slavs_(ethnonym) For the same reasons people argue against abusing terminology like "retard" or "gay", you could argue that using the word "slave" affects people's perception of Eastern Europeans.