SambalOelek

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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   Let's say you are training a black intern. Do you think you could, with a straight face, explain the nuances of a master-slave relationship in the Linux ecocsystem? On some level, you must know these words have meaning.
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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   Interesting point. I don't think the word "abort" evokes the entire loss of a culture due to systematic genocide of ancestors, but that's just me.
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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   Do you think it'll hurt?
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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   Thank you for your comments. My point about "it doesn't matter how you feel" is inspired by comments like "political correctness culture is out of control". So many times, people are concerned by their personal free
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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   I said nothing about skin color. I said my ancestors were enslaved.
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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   Comments deleted due to brigading
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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   In all honesty, it doesn't matter how you feel about it. I do feel strongly about it, and I'm Native Mexican, and I have very strong feelings about my ancestors being enslaved. I was taught these words in the context of colonialis
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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   I am quite surprised to see this default-to-no-action comment here on HN. Sometimes, a problem isn't your fault, but you are still compelled to fix it. If people have this attitude, then "we" (as a species) are absolutely scr
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   by SambalOelek 6y ago

   Is there something happening in the font world I don't know about? I just spent the past day struggling with fixing my fonts on Arch Linux. I finally just deleted all xorg packages that give bitmap fonts becuase I couldn't get any
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    by SambalOelek 6y ago

    After working in the emergency room for three years now, I can firmly say no treatment even comes close to prevention.