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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?


I bet he's keeping it on some shelf because he think it's cute like only a true sicko would do


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.




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