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1_player 5y ago
Do not try and initiate a flame war on a totally innocent thread. It is not appreciated and against the site guidelines. Move along. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- beepbooptheory 5y ago
  Oh wow I'm sorry, had no idea it was controversial in that way! Truly not trying to initiate anything... Thought just some people didn't know the story, which is why she is still used. I just did my own PR about it anyway so no worries.
  - tamasnet 5y ago
    Thanks for mentioning it, I learned something today.
- stareatgoats 5y ago
  "Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
nani8ot 5y ago
There already is an open issue about this. https://github.com/flxzt/rnote/issues/37 https://github.com/flxzt/rnote/issues/37
stareatgoats 5y ago
For the record, I find little wrong with this comment as it was originally posted. People might not be aware of the story behind that image, and that Lena Forsén herself doesn't wish her photo to be used like this any more [0]. I can't for the life of me understand how this can remotely be interpreted as a flame bait. [0] https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/it-s-time-to-retire-lena-from-computer-science https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/it-s-time-to-retire-...
- jturpin 5y ago
  The article doesn't give any statement from her about the use of her photos in computer science, is there another quote somewhere?
  - littlestymaar 5y ago
    See the documentary Losing Lena[1]: [1]: https://www.losinglena.com/ https://www.losinglena.com/

Do not try and initiate a flame war on a totally innocent thread. It is not appreciated and against the site guidelines. Move along. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

beepbooptheory 5y ago
Oh wow I'm sorry, had no idea it was controversial in that way! Truly not trying to initiate anything... Thought just some people didn't know the story, which is why she is still used. I just did my own PR about it anyway so no worries.
- tamasnet 5y ago
  Thanks for mentioning it, I learned something today.
stareatgoats 5y ago
"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith." https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

nani8ot 5y ago

There already is an open issue about this. https://github.com/flxzt/rnote/issues/37 https://github.com/flxzt/rnote/issues/37

stareatgoats 5y ago

For the record, I find little wrong with this comment as it was originally posted. People might not be aware of the story behind that image, and that Lena Forsén herself doesn't wish her photo to be used like this any more [0]. I can't for the life of me understand how this can remotely be interpreted as a flame bait. [0] https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/it-s-time-to-retire-lena-from-computer-science https://pursuit.unimelb.edu.au/articles/it-s-time-to-retire-...

jturpin 5y ago
The article doesn't give any statement from her about the use of her photos in computer science, is there another quote somewhere?
- littlestymaar 5y ago
  See the documentary Losing Lena[1]: [1]: https://www.losinglena.com/ https://www.losinglena.com/