Souvik Das Gupta (@souvikdg)

New Delhi, India

The below is an off-site archive of all tweets posted by @souvikdg ever

December 11th, 2013

@jackerhack On the sentient part, personification is a thing no? “The computer says…” sounds fine. :)

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@jackerhack Well, incorrect usage of pronouns / gender is common while switching between languages. Doesn’t qualify as sexist bias IMHO.

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@jackerhack Matter of opinion. A convention (born out of the lack of possibilities) should not be considered a bias.

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jackerhack Follow up question: does the lack of a neutral gender cause involuntary sexist bias in speakers of neutral-free languages?

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shwetank Thinking of putting my proposal for Meta Refresh. Any topics in particular you would like me to talk on?

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@jackerhack Typically referred as बच्चा and therefore male.

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@keeperofthekeys More specifically: (+) → Clockwise, (-) → Anti-clockwise

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@keeperofthekeys Since these buses take a circular route, their directions (clockwise & anti-clockwise) is represented by (-) and (+).

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@keeperofthekeys I’m the “DTC for dummies”. Mudrika is the bus route along Ring Road. Bahri Mudrika goes somewhat along the Outer Ring Road.

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atti_cus Baba Ramdev needs to come up with a cure for stupidity and administer it on himself.

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@atti_cus What reasoning has the Supreme Court based its decision on?

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