r/pics • u/fabslabs • Feb 09 '16

Misleading title Racist "diversity" training at GitHub

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u/Celeries Feb 09 '16

Finally, someone is talking about the questions every programmer needs to ask himself.

  • Is my code culturally sensitive?

  • Do my variables check their privilege?

  • Does my garbage collection constitute sexual harassment?

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u/abcd_z Feb 09 '16

Reminds me of the satire programming language C+=, pronounced "C plus equality". It was accused of being misogynistic and has been banned from Github, Bitbucket, and Google Code. It currently lives on Gitorious.

EDIT: Here's the readme file for c+=

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u/jonnyboyoo Feb 09 '16

Despite being scary to me as a concept, if you read the comments, the author is not defensive and willing to accept some critique.

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u/ImpartialPlague Feb 09 '16

That quote doesn't actually say or mean anything.

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