I think this is an awesome patch. Hopefully more people will follow suit. The first time someone was trying to describe a configuration using 'master' and 'slave' to me, the terminology was really distracting, and I could barely pay attention without remembering all of the lessons about U.S. history from 8th grade. I hope this change in terminology will help make software development more welcoming and accessible to more people.
This is an awesome blog post! Could the fact that the bug was stochastic have to do something with multi-threading? Also, how do you use BIOS to zero out the section of memory?
Based on the first two paragraphs of the "independent" investigator website, http://www.ryaa.com/ the "independent" investigator seems to be biased in favor of the company. It could be argued that github is using their CEO as a scapegoat in order to avoid having to confront a possibly sexist internal culture. I wish companies and individuals were not afraid to address their sexist cultures or thoughts. Living in post modern society, it's almost impossible not to have a sexist thought - it's what we do with these thoughts that matters. I look forward to seeing the new initiatives github will be launching, and hope the initiatives will bring about real change in company culture, and cause people to question their beliefs. Meanwhile, I'm trying to decide if I want to switch to a different company to host my code. Any ideas?
I've noticed a trick when watching long HD youtube videos that I need to pause and re-wind several times. If I'm signed in to my web browser the video quality is demoted to lower quality after a while of watching, pausing and re-winding. To avoid this degradation of quality, I use a browser in incognito mode, and the quality stays HD. Does anyone who why this occurs?