Linux 6.19 Gets Rid Of The Kernel’s “Genocide” Function
While the Linux kernel has inclusive terminology guidelines for the past five years to replace phrases like master/slave and blacklist/whitelist, there has surprisingly been a “genocide” function within the kernel that was questioned when it was first submitted for inclusion but now removed in Linux 6.19… ⌘ Read more

What next after vibe coding
One interesting possible future of the emergence of “vibe coding” as common terminology is the possibility to position an alternative.

“Real coding”?

Future think pieces:

• ‘You can get yourself up and running quickly with “vibe coding” but when you get traction you’re going to want have people doing “real coding”’

• ‘switching from vibe coding to real coding will typically cost you X% of you initial development, so don’t put off switching too late’

[Comments](https://lobste.rs/s/m … ⌘ Read more

@bender@twtxt.net Bahahah 🤣😂 mate, me and one of my SRE colleagues actually came up with the terminology ourselves! 😛

OAuth: “grant” vs “flow” vs “grant type”
Is it called an OAuth “grant” or a “flow”? What about “grant type”? ⌘ Read more

On my blog: Pejoratives and Specificity https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2022/12/04/specificity.html #blog #harm #rant #terminology

🌠 Community Contest & Spaced Repetition Improvements
There’s a new interactive medical terminology dictionary, & a step-by-step guide to setting up a second brain in minutes per day. ⌘ Read more

annoyance: terminology of “maximin”/“minimax” has some deep symmetry breaking

https://traditionsofconflict.com/blog/2019/10/4/sacred-metal, and now consider computer programming (especially the terminology of wizards/gurus, programming as magic, the SICP cover &c!)

On the blog: Words Are Hard, I Guess… https://john.colagioia.net/blog/2020/06/21/words.html #terminology #rant

So, what I normally call ‘command line’ (as opposed to ‘console’) Pike in the Acme paper called ‘typescript’, and I think it might be worth adopting that terminology. The way he defines it would also apply to notebook interfaces.

Women of color?
That term, women of color, emphasized by me below has always puzzled me. Aren’t all women and, as a matter of fact, all of us “of color”? What kind of silly (avoiding the use of a stronger word) terminology is that? And, why aren’t those “people of goodwill” asking for the same treatment to be given to rappers, comedians, writers, etc? Utterly stupid.

CBS chairman, Leslie Moonves – “Those who have spoken with us the last few days represent people of goodwill from all segments … ⌘ Read more