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master vs main (sh.itjust.works)
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[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

It sounds precisely as edgy as I thought. Supervisor/grunt. Yodel/echo. I offered one with whimsy and another without as much edge.

[–] bob_lemon@feddit.org 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)
  • Leader/Follower
  • Origin(al)/Replica
  • Primary/Secondary

There's a lot of really well-fitting words to accurately describe the relations. Master/Slave is honestly not one of them.

[–] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 2 points 18 hours ago

My thoughts exactly. The only positive to the deprecated name might have been its memorability, but that’s hardly worth using slave/master