Google Docs is going "Woke"

[Uncle Gizmo]

Extract:-
Google Docs will be able to make suggestions about different kinds of writing style issues ranging from the genuinely important (suggesting inclusive language like “delivery person” for “mailman”)

See here:-

Google Workspace turns to “smart chips” to weave Docs, Tasks, and Meet together

You can add to-dos to somebody’s Google Tasks from a Google Doc.

www.theverge.com

 

[Isaac]

Wonder what the world will look like 50 years from now, if/when the devaluation of the nuclear family is complete?

Oh, wait - we already know. Just look up the correlation between fatherless/illegitimacy rates and poverty/crime for the last 30 years.

On the upside, we do get some population control from it..

 

[Minty]

Snowflake wokes really makes me boil.
If you aren't already at steam pouring out of your ears point this article will probably get you there;

Rail line apologises after conductor said 'good afternoon ladies and gentlemen'

London North Eastern Railway said in response to a complaint on Twitter that 'train managers should not be using language like this'

metro.co.uk

And then there is the fact that the same thing posted this in a previous life...

Rant rant rant

 

[conception_native_0123]

Snowflake wokes really makes me boil.
If you aren't already at steam pouring out of your ears point this article will probably get you there;

Rail line apologises after conductor said 'good afternoon ladies and gentlemen'

London North Eastern Railway said in response to a complaint on Twitter that 'train managers should not be using language like this'

metro.co.uk

what the hell is non-binary!?!? and what the hell is LNER????? I could say all sorts of things with regard to religion here and why this crap has cropped up. and I assume it will get much worse. best thing to do is just stay the hell away from it. if you can.

 

[Steve R.]

Recently, on one of the Linux forums I frequent, there was a press release concerning a company that had revised its code to be "woke". Unfortunately, I could not find it, but evidently there was a spike of articles in July of 2020 on programing going "woke". Sad that that is happening. Random pick below.

Linux kernel developers: This new BLM coding style avoids words like blacklist

Linux kernel developers discuss how to implement inclusive language.

www.zdnet.com

Hopefully MS Access will not sucumb to the "woke" tidal wave.

 

[conception_native_0123]

Linux kernel developers: This new BLM coding style avoids words like blacklist

Linux kernel developers discuss how to implement inclusive language.

www.zdnet.com

avoids words with the word "black" in them!?!? hmmmm.....why don't we just teach all blacks, whites, purples, binaries and non-binaries (whatever they are) to use the damn INSTR() function!? furthermore, what about the secondary popular term called "whitelist"??

 

[Uncle Gizmo]

Hopefully MS Access will not sucumb to the "woke" tidal wave

I sure the members of AWF will fight the corner. I certainly will!