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Ghostty 1.0 Released, A New GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator
Ghostty 1.0 Released, A New GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator
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Ghostty 1.0 Released, A New GPU-Accelerated Terminal Emulator
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FYI "riced out" is a pretty racist term.
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It's still racist when you make it an acronym. We know the term originally came from a racist term for Asian vehicles.
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Thank you 👏
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And I thank you, Norah. As an Asian woman, any Linux space can feel pretty unwelcoming sometimes. Most of the time it's the sexism, but this insistence on saying "ricing" is just another reminder that many in this space enjoy a bit of racism on the side, too.
I don't usually say anything; I'm personally too afraid of being dragged into an endless "debate". Perhaps a bit cowardly on my part. So, I appreciate you pointing it out first.
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TIL, thanks!
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That's obviously a backronym? The wikipedia page makes it clear it's an offensive term.
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TIL, thanks for sharing that.
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Thanks.
This is interesting. I was completely unaware of such term. This maybe because I'm not native english speaker, and where I live it hasn't surfaced. What baffles me most how people (the insulters) have turned it into an insult. History repeats, I guess. I think the same happened with the n word.
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I don't understand what you are saying about the n-word? It was always meant as an insult/denigration in English as far as I'm aware? Are you referring to its use in other languages as the term for the colour/shade black?
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Yes. The English speakers took the word from Spanish and made in into an insult, as far as I know.
Anyway this information is relevant to me, as I'm moderator at one place. And obviously as a moderator I should identify these phrases and take action.
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I thought it meant granular modification as in rice grains.
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I case you didn't see the other comments, this is a backronym to give people an excuse to say it isn't actually racist. It comes from modding Japanese cars, referring to them as rice because they're Asian. It's pretty racist.
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Thanks for the info. Sincerely did not know.
Since the mods deleted my post, I’ll repeat what I wrote, because aside from the unintentional racism, I feel like I made some valid points.
GPU accelerated terminal emulators are already quite popular and if you use alacrity, kitty, or wez, then you already use them. They can help with not only cool effects like smooth scrolling and transparency, but also with massive text files. Handling an 8gb text file is complicated, and using a GPU can help with that.
Ghostty’s selling points are not just the GPU acceleration, since that’s actually fairly standard nowadays. They are: (from their about page)
Ghostty is a terminal emulator that differentiates itself by being fast, feature-rich, and native. While there are many excellent terminal emulators available, they all force you to choose between speed, features, or native UIs. Ghostty provides all three.
I for one am very excited for this terminal and can’t wait to see what kind of development comes out of it!
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Yeah, I figured you might not know, sometimes terms just become divorced enough from their original intent that the context isn't clear. I didn't think you were a racist at all.
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TIL, I need to avoid using that phrase.
But I still don't know what it actually means. Wikipedia gave me the food, place names and acronyms. 🤷 I'll keep digging.
EDIT: Maybe we should use "tune out" instead?
EDIT2: Found your other post with the link.
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