[GTALUG] your desktop too boring?

[Chris F.A. Johnson]

On Mon, 19 Aug 2019, Alex Volkov via talk wrote:

> Hey Hugh,
>
> Just a quick note while wearing a moderator hat on this mailing list.
>
> You may not be aware of it, but 'Rice it' is a pejorative term, please 
> avoid using it here.
>
> See -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rice_burner

    "In some cases users of the term assert that it is not offensive or
     racist,[12] or else treat the term as a humorous, mild insult
     rather than a racial slur."

     And in the articles referred to, it is certainly NOT being used as
     a racial slur.

> Thank you,
>
> Alex.
>
>
>
> On 2019-08-19 7:14 p.m., D. Hugh Redelmeier via talk wrote:
>> <https://www.reddit.com/r/unixporn/>
>>
>> Personally, I like a boring desktop.
>>
>> I found this from a blog post:
>> 
> <https://triosdevelopers.com/jason.eckert/blog/Entries/2019/4/7_How_ricing_shifted_from_cars_to_computers.html>
>>
>> This guy has a nice collection of old computers (in Cambridge, Ontario):
>> <https://triosdevelopers.com/jason.eckert/retro_computing.html>

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