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If "Master/Slave" terminology in computing sounds bad now, why not change it to "Dom/Sub"?
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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted, clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts: 1
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A post-doc that occasionally taught one of my electrical engineering classes in the mid-90s liked to call master-slave flip-flops professor-graduate student flip-flops. I later learned he was not making a joke.
I don't get it
The relationship between a grad student and their professor is generally characterized by a profound power imbalance.
Oh I got confused because I was thinking of literally flip flops
The footwear, or the logic gate arrangement?
Footwear, I was just picturing the professor yeeting a chancla the grad student