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L̶o̶o̶k̶s̶ ̶c̶o̶o̶l̶ ̶b̶u̶t̶ ̶l̶e̶a̶v̶e̶ ̶L̶e̶n̶a̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶ ̶o̶f̶ ̶i̶t̶!̶

I'm truly sorry

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-...

The article doesn't give any statement from her about the use of her photos in computer science, is there another quote somewhere?

See the documentary Losing Lena[1]:

[1]: https://www.losinglena.com/

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

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

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.

Thanks for mentioning it, I learned something today.

"Please respond to the strongest plausible interpretation of what someone says, not a weaker one that's easier to criticize. Assume good faith."

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