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by jeroenhd 1484 days ago
Some parts of it are very reasonable, but others seem insane to me. "Sanity-check" is hardly ableist language in my opinion, and neither is "dummy variable".

I agree with the intentions here, but this goes a bit too far for me.

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> Although there might also be nonviolent interpretations for these terms, avoiding their use prevents unintentional harm that might be caused by the violent interpretations.

I can’t even try to imagine what someone would do if you suggested they “bit banged” an interface.

What's interesting to me about all the "bad" examples in that section is that they don't match how people actually use those terms. At all. You don't "sanity check" a polished, should-be-perfect release candidate. You sanity-check a half-baked napkin sketch. And so on.