Well this observation has produced a furious negative reaction, which I suspect is of both puritanical and chauvinist origin. Perhaps because I can't see very

Well this observation has produced a furious negative reaction, which I suspect is of both puritanical and chauvinist origin. Perhaps because I can't see very well I had uncertainty when reading the article title. But unless you're quite innocent (i.e. not a user of the internet) I don't see how you could avoid knowing about such devices. Knowing many programmers, I also know that they span the full spectrum from Bible-studies to BDSM (though that might be a horseshoe), and many are prone to juvenile humour which can become sexually toned. So I know that someone will use it in this context. When you become a manager you choose to avoid creating such problems. Some of you probably see this tone policing -- you are correct, suck it up. For those who don't understand what Hamming distance is: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_distance https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamming_distance