I don't think I know a single person that actually uses the word "nips" to denote female anatomy. I wonder if the NIPS renaming debate goes back to a misunderstanding, where women assume that men secretly use that word to talk about them, and men assume that other, bad men do?
I know, but why is the fact that someone becomes a fighter pilot predictive for using words in ways that would require renaming machine learning conferences?
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there's a lot to unpack -- you'd noted you did not know of anyone who used the acronym in a sexualized way -- I offered alternative evidence -- i clarified my context; i never said it was predictive, but there is a correlation
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cycling back to the naming of the conference my point is that there do exist people who use that acronym in a sexualized way and ergo why I signed the petition recommending its renaming it may not bother you, i respect that; but I know it bothers some, and that's enough for me
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fuck yes, you're damn right (oops)
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