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EasternLettuce@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Turun@feddit.de ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Forsén stated in the 2019 documentary film Losing Lena, "I retired from modeling a long time ago. It’s time I retired from tech, too… Let’s commit to losing me.

  From Wikipedia

  She was a paid model, so I don’t consider the usage unethical based on that. But I like this comment from a journal:

  In today’s age of high-resolution digital image technology, it seems difficult to argue that a 512 × 512 image produced with a 1970s-era analog scanner is the best we have to offer as an image quality test standard".

  Lmao, they do have a point though!

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    In today’s age of high-resolution digital image technology, it seems difficult to argue that a 512 × 512 image produced with a 1970s-era analog scanner is the best we have to offer as an image quality test standard".

    I mean, this puts into context that the standard probably should have been some kind of test card like this :

    en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philips_circle_pattern

    alt text?

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• fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Culture wars = mostly bullshit distractions.

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  • ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Yeah, those woke culture warriors at the … IEEE … distracting us from … Something… by asking academic researchers to … Refrain from using a specific cropped pornographic image that the model has asked people to stop using.

    Those bastards.

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      I’m referring to classwarfare. It’s a nice gesture but not worth the fuss.

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      • ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        I mean, the IEEE didn’t really make that big of a deal about it. An email to members informing them of an update to …ieee.org/…/article-submission-requirements/ hardly feels like hype. I think it’s about the minimal fuss you can make while still allowing people to know about the change.

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  • EasternLettuce@lemm.ee ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

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    • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      See below. It’s a good move, the hype is the problem. It feels wong. It should have been removed as it was the right thing to do. I’ve seen a lot of stiff about this recently.

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  • MotoAsh@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Not just distraction. Distraction with a very nefarious purpose.

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  • Mango@lemmy.world ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Naw, they’re excellent for determining which kind of people are controlling manipulative monsters!

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• ricecake@sh.itjust.works ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I don’t know that she actually did. Most recent statement I can find from her is 2019, and she essentially says that she thinks it’s time to retire the image.

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• EmDash@lemmygrad.ml ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  She has since asked for the image to no longer be used, “I retired from modeling a long time ago. It’s time I retired from tech, too. We can make a simple change today that creates a lasting change for tomorrow. Let’s commit to losing me.”

  prnewswire.com/…/losing-lena-removing-one-image-t…

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  • fossilesque@mander.xyz ⁨10⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Good for her. :)

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