0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 8 months agoYeah yeah, we know you're speciallemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square144fedilinkarrow-up11.03Karrow-down130
arrow-up11Karrow-down1imageYeah yeah, we know you're speciallemmy.dbzer0.com0x4E4F@lemmy.dbzer0.com to linuxmemes@lemmy.world · 8 months agomessage-square144fedilink
minus-squarermuklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·8 months agoIt always seems fucking wild to me that they chose master/slave rather than, say, first/second, upper/lower, primary/secondary, A/B, whatever. “We’re trying to come up with names for two equal devices sharing a single connection.” “How about names that wrongly implies that one device is in control of the other while simultaneously evoking the concept of humans as property?” “Brilliant!”
It always seems fucking wild to me that they chose master/slave rather than, say, first/second, upper/lower, primary/secondary, A/B, whatever.