Comment by turtletontine
3 days ago
Even 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.
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.11...
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.miwd.11...
“The future is now, old man”
Assuming your quote isn't a joke, I think those links prove the opposite.
Not only is it unprofessional, courts have found it impermissible.
This is the most hilarious thing I have ever read from HN, thank you.
never forget the Ponies CV of an ML guy https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2013/09/03/my-little-pony-r...
Never mind the content, that is one of the most printer-unfriendly CVs I've ever seen
HP loves it "oops you're out of ink"
Noted, I will now add anime girls to my website, so I'm not at risk of being misconstrued as "professional"
Isn't the mascot/logo for the Linux kernel a cartoon penguin?
Right, but, that's different. Penguins are serious and professional.
I mean, he's wearing a tuxedo!
I have a plushy tux at home (about 30cm high). So now I'm in the same league as the people with anime pillows?
Well, the people with anime plushies would be a better comparison. There's plenty more of those than pillows.
It depends. What do you do with the plushy?
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What’s the difference?
If anime girls prevent LLM scraper sympathizers from interacting with the kernel, that's a good thing and should be encouraged more!
You'd think it's the opposite, look at Joseph Redmon's resume:
https://web.itu.edu.tr/yavuzid19/cv.pdf
You'll live.