Culture wars = mostly bullshit distractions.
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EasternLettuce@lemm.ee 5 months ago
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 months ago
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 5 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.
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 months ago
I’m referring to classwarfare. It’s a nice gesture but not worth the fuss.
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 5 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.
EasternLettuce@lemm.ee 5 months ago
[deleted]fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 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.
MotoAsh@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Not just distraction. Distraction with a very nefarious purpose.
Mango@lemmy.world 5 months ago
Naw, they’re excellent for determining which kind of people are controlling manipulative monsters!
ricecake@sh.itjust.works 5 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.
EmDash@lemmygrad.ml 5 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.”
fossilesque@mander.xyz 5 months ago
Good for her. :)
Turun@feddit.de 5 months ago
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:
Lmao, they do have a point though!
Skullgrid@lemmy.world 5 months ago
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
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