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Every time I see one of these I think it's a malicious redirect to some pervert-dwelling imageboard. On that note, is kernel.org really using this for free and
by sugarpimpdorsey 1y ago
Every time I see one of these I think it's a malicious redirect to some pervert-dwelling imageboard.
On that note, is kernel.org really using this for free and not the paid version without the anime? Linux Foundation really that desperate for cash after they gas up all the BMW's?
- qualeed 1y agoIt's crazy (especially considering anime is more popular now than ever; netflix alone is making billions a year on anime) that people see a completely innocent little anime picture and immediately think "pervent-dwelling imageboard".
- Seattle3503 1y agoTo be fair, that's the sort of place where I spend most of my free time.
- gruez 1y ago"Anime pfp" stereotype is alive and well.
- turtletontine 1y agoEven if the images aren’t the kind of sexualized (or downright pornographic) content this implies… having cutesy anime girls pop up when a user loads your site is, at best, wildly unprofessional. (Dare I say “cringe”?) For something as serious and legit as kernel.org to have this, I do think it’s frankly shocking and unacceptable.
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- antiloper 1y agoIf anime girls prevent LLM scraper sympathizers from interacting with the kernel, that's a good thing and should be encouraged more!
- windward 1y agoYou'd think it's the opposite, look at Joseph Redmon's resume: https://web.itu.edu.tr/yavuzid19/cv.pdf https://web.itu.edu.tr/yavuzid19/cv.pdf
- Hamuko 1y agoIsn't the mascot/logo for the Linux kernel a cartoon penguin?
- consp 1y agoI have a plushy tux at home (about 30cm high). So now I'm in the same league as the people with anime pillows?
- xeonmc 1y agoIt depends. What do you do with the plushy?
- f1refly 1y agoI bet he's keeping it on some shelf because he think it's cute like only a true sicko would do
- nemomarx 1y agoWell, the people with anime plushies would be a better comparison. There's plenty more of those than pillows.
- pests 1y agoWhat’s the difference?
- qualeed 1y agoRight, but, that's different. Penguins are serious and professional.
- xsmasher 1y agoI mean, he's wearing a tuxedo!
- ge96 1y agonever forget the Ponies CV of an ML guy https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/03/my-little-pony-resume-cv_n_3859818.html https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/03/my-little-pony-r...
- voidUpdate 1y agoNever mind the content, that is one of the most printer-unfriendly CVs I've ever seen
- ge96 1y agoHP loves it "oops you're out of ink"
- Modified3019 1y agohttps://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988.1.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.11... https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988/gov.uscourts.miwd.114988.6.0.pdf https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.11... “The future is now, old man”
- staringback 1y agoThis is the most hilarious thing I have ever read from HN, thank you.
- delecti 1y agoAssuming your quote isn't a joke, I think those links prove the opposite. Not only is it unprofessional, courts have found it impermissible.
- aseipp 1y agoYou'll live.
- voidUpdate 1y agoNoted, I will now add anime girls to my website, so I'm not at risk of being misconstrued as "professional"
- deleted 1y ago[deleted]
- ants_everywhere 1y agothey've seized the moment to move the anime cat girls off the Arch Linux desktop wallpapers and onto lore.kernel.org.
- mvdtnz 1y ago[flagged]
- qualeed 1y ago>If you don't get pedophile vibes from that picture it's on you. Wow, what an absolutely wild statement. I hate to break it to you, but I'm not the one sexualizing the cartoon picture.
- mvdtnz 1y ago[flagged]
- dragonwriter 1y agoThey may have done it for themselves on those imageboards, but you're the one doing it with this one now. Why are a “generation of pervert kids” your cultural touchstone here?
- mvdtnz 1y ago[flagged]
- DaSHacka 1y ago[flagged]
- macinjosh 1y ago[flagged]
- magicalhippo 1y ago> people see a completely innocent little anime picture and immediately think "pervent-dwelling imageboard" Think you can thank the furries for that. Every furry I've happened to come across was very pervy in some way, and so that what immediately comes to mind when I see furry-like pictures like the one shown in the article. YMMV
- voidUpdate 1y agoOut of interest, how many furries have you met? I've been to several fur meets, and have met approximately three furries who I would not want to know anymore for one reason or another
- magicalhippo 1y agoAdmittedly just a handful. But I met them in entirely non-furry settings, for example as a user of a regular open source program I was a contributor to (which wasn't Rust based[1]). None of them were very pervy at first, only after I got to know them. [1]: https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/vyelva/why_are_there_so_many_furry_rustaceans/ https://www.reddit.com/r/rust/comments/vyelva/why_are_there_...
- account42 1y agoIt's not crazy at all that anyone who has been online for more than a day has that association.
- s1mplicissimus 1y ago[flagged]
- Lammy 1y ago[flagged]
- efilife 1y agoCan somebody please explain why was this comment flagged to death? I seem to be missing something
- sugarpimpdorsey 1y ago> Anubis is a clone of Kiwiflare, not an original work, so you're actually sort of half-right: Interesting. That itself appears to be a clone of haproxy-protection. I know there has also been an nginx module that does the same for some time. Either way, proof-of-work is by this point not novel. Everyone seems to have overlooked the more substantive point of my comment which is that it appears kernel.org cheaped out and is using the free version of Anubis, instead of paying up to support the developer for his work. You know they have the money to do it. In 2024 the Linux Foundation reported $299.7M in expenses, with $22.7M of that going toward project infrastructure and $15.2M on "event services" (I guess making sure the cotton candy machines and sno-cone makers were working at conferences). My point is, cough up a few bucks for a license you chiselers.
- murderfs 1y ago> My point is, cough up a few bucks for a license you chiselers. You mean this one? https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/blob/main/LICENSE https://github.com/TecharoHQ/anubis/blob/main/LICENSE
- creatonez 1y agoHuh, why would they need the unbranded version? The branded version works just fine. It's usually easier to deploy ordinary open source software than it is for software that needs to be licensed, because you don't need special download pages or license keys. If it makes sense for an organization to donate to a project they rely on, then they should just donate. No need to debrand if it's not strictly required, all that would do is give the upstream project less exposure. For design reasons maybe? But LKML isn't "designed" at all, it has always exposed the raw ugly interface of mailing list software. Also, this brand does have trust. Sure, I'm annoyed by these PoW captcha pages, but I'm a lot more likely to enable Javascript if it's the Anubis character, than if it is debranded. If it is debranded, it could be any of the privacy-invasive captcha vendors, but if it's Anubis, I know exactly what code is going to run.
- rustystump 1y agoIf i saw an anime pic show up, thatd be a flag. I only know of Anubis’ existence and use of anime from hn. It is only trusted by a small subset of people who are in the know. It is not about “anime bad” but that a large chunk of the population isnt into it for whatever reason. I love anime but it can also be cringe. I find this cringe as it seems many others do too.
- Dilettante_ 1y agoFor me it's the flipside: It makes me think "Ahh, my people!"