wow just wow while i can’t say i didn’t see this one coming but it always amazes me where greed could lead someone

  • static@midwest.social
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    1 year ago

    The best reasoning I saw for this change was for clarity for non native English speakers. If you’re learning the language “allowlist” is definitely more clear in meaning than “whitelist”

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      1 year ago

      Not really, at least in Spanish we’ve always said “listas blancas/listas negras”.

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        I don’t know what you are talking about.

        Even if our dialects (Mexican) didn’t have vestigial racism and fake dichotomies, permitir y bloquear is as straight forward as you can get.

        IT switched from white/black literally years ago, if your department didn’t, you are quite stuck in time.