 | korethr on Nov 8, 2019 | next [–] > because it somehow sexual (not being a native english speaker, I fail to spot the innuendo). In the US, DD is a cup size for a brassiere, and thus indirectly refers to breast size on women. DD for sometime has been considered to be an uncommonly large breast size for a woman, especially a woman of otherwise more common proportions. DDD, being the next cup size up for reasons I don't understand (instead of cup sizes going E, F, etc), would therefore imply a woman even bustier than the supposedly uncommonly-busty DD-breasted woman. Yes, I think it's silly, too. Human mammary tissue has exactly fuck all to do with programming. |
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| natmaka on Nov 9, 2019 | parent | next [–] "DDD" seems unacceptable, however "CoC" is. Go figure. http://events19.linuxfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/... |
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| enriquto on Nov 9, 2019 | root | parent | next [–] if at least they were consistent bullshitters, but their stuff is mostly random |
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| monksy on Nov 8, 2019 | parent | prev | next [–] That's an unreasonably huge leap for the audience to make that connection. |
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| Mirioron on Nov 9, 2019 | root | parent | next [–] As somebody else pointed or, that's the explanation Sarah Mei gave on Twitter in the past.[0] The tweet about them discovering "3D" is on point. [0] https://mobile.twitter.com/sarahmei/status/10732511533604823... |
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| monksy on Nov 10, 2019 | root | parent | next [–] She's not going to care about that. |
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| zaphirplane on Nov 8, 2019 | root | parent | prev | next [–] I wonder if the d3js project is next in the firing line |
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| monksy on Nov 9, 2019 | root | parent | next [–] Can we just cancel javascript? |
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| hoistbypetard on Nov 9, 2019 | root | parent | next [–] Can the letters "JS" be conflated with some other concept that offends someone who is inclined to make a stink on twitter and has a lot of followers? It could happen... Unfortunately we'd probably just rename it something less offensive like ECMAScript. |
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| erik_seaberg on Nov 10, 2019 | root | parent | next [–] “Later, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of Java the language is renamed JavaScript. Later still, in an effort to cash in on the popularity of skin diseases …” |
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| type0 on Nov 9, 2019 | parent | prev | next [–] Surely, one obvious way to fix this, is that we need to start a petition for changing the name of dd utility https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dd_(Unix) what a shitshow that would be |
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| Khaine on Nov 9, 2019 [flagged] | parent | prev | next [4 more] But in most of the world, DD Cup size is followed by E Cup, not DDD. Like most SJWs they taken an American-centric view of the world, which is apparently bad when others do it, but acceptable when they do it. I'm so sick of this cancel culture bullshit. Didn't they learn about sticks and stones as a kid? Honestly, so many people these days need to eat some concrete to harden the fuck up. |
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| soyiuz on Nov 10, 2019 [flagged] | root | parent | next [3 more] "SJWs" "need to eat some concrete"? You sound like a wannabe skinhead teen. Your veiled calls to violence should have nothing to do with / have no place in coding culture. |
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| Khaine on Nov 10, 2019 | root | parent | next [–] This is a great example of SJWism. Your amerocentric view of the world assumes that because we speak the same language we have the same culture. We do not. In my culture, telling someone to eat concrete is not taken literally. Its not a call to violence. Its a way of telling someone they need to increase their mental fortitude, that being upset because someone said something you didn't like is not a productive way to go through life. |
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| soyiuz on Nov 14, 2019 | root | parent | next [–] I am not American. And the meaning of the English language does not change with your culture, which, I might add, does not get transmitted in writing. I am responding to your words only. Eat concrete is crass and violent. You can hand wave all you want. Try conversing without ad hominem labels and insinuations. |
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| temporallobe on Nov 9, 2019 | prev | next [–] This reminds me of some post by an SJW-type who complained about a makeup company printing the word “black / negro” on their mascara because it was somehow racist. |
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| amitkgupta84 on Nov 9, 2019 | prev [–] I’m still struggling to find the context for this whole thing. Where did you find DDD mentioned? |
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| Fellshard on Nov 9, 2019 | parent [–] I believe it was a mis-reply intended for this thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21485640 |
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| dang on Nov 9, 2019 | root | parent [–] Ok, we've moved it to be a child of that comment rather than https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21486331. |
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