Mark C. Miller

So, as I have spent more time studying the inclusive language issue which is very obvious with the *pair* of terms `master` and `slave` in proximity to each other, I've...

I found this useful article, https://stevenmortimer.com/5-steps-to-change-github-default-branch-from-master-to-main/. In other contexts in which I participate, it is my impression there there is broad agreement on the imperative to replace `slave` everywhere and...

> Should we change the default for this repo now (2021-2022 holiday period), while people aren't so active? I also sent an email to bssw-editorial I am on the fence...

Would the equivalent of something like an `Edit this page on GitHub` button or link solve this? Honestly, any such link anywhere out of the way on the page would...

> Does anyone have experience what happens when someone who does _not_ have write access to a repo follows such a link? I supposed they're prompted to fork the repo...

> I just tried it on another site. The link there was "_View_ on GitHub" and it took me to the top of the repo rather than the file. I...

Another option...have backend add some balloon text to a link somewhere inconspicious. Editers can know to hover over that link and get the actual file name. I think these approaches...

For April fools...we need a WSSw.io site...Worse Scientific Software where we share all the horror stories of stuff we've experienced in HPC/CSE about how not to write software.

I have another article, partially written already, on *How Billionaires Prank Each Other*....its about one Billionaire who buys 10,000 self-learning cars (e.g. Teslas) and puts them in a massive, radiation...

Just going through some issues to get a fell for what is in the current `Backlog`. A question I have about this issue is whether a failure to do anything...