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Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by aaplok »

fc417fc802 wrote: post #70
patates wrote: post #29

Earlier quoted context omitted.

As a reply to this comment: > Interesting you say the Dev isn't a great person, because I had a hunch when I saw the use of the Lena photo on the front page You say: > you guys are ruthless (...) You people are gross. I'm not saying you don't have a point. I didn't know enough to be sensitive on the Lena topic once either, and could have been the target of the above comment. So I think, perhaps, those could have been…

> I didn't know enough to be sensitive on the Lena topic once either It's reactionary nonsense, there's nothing to be sensitive about. The subject of the photograph merely went along with it. There are legitimate arguments against using it as a technical benchmark in this day and age but that isn't what people get outraged over. My personal view is that the correct response to strangers trying to score social points…

I agree that calling someone a bad person for using one of the most common test images is excessive. However, regarding this:

> The subject of the photograph merely went along with it.

The subject of the photograph did ask for it to no longer be used. Here's a quote from her:

> I retired from modeling a long time ago. It’s time I retired from tech, too.

> to defiantly do the opposite.

If the policing comes from third party for virtue signalling, this is fair game. Here, I'd just suggest that respecting her wish is just common courtesy and consider someone who defiantly doesn't as a somewhat rude person.

[0] https://interestingengineering.com/culture/bye-lenna-iconic-...

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by fc417fc802 »

aaplok wrote: post #81
fc417fc802 wrote: post #70

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> I didn't know enough to be sensitive on the Lena topic once either It's reactionary nonsense, there's nothing to be sensitive about. The subject of the photograph merely went along with it. There are legitimate arguments against using it as a technical benchmark in this day and age but that isn't what people get outraged over. My personal view is that the correct response to strangers trying to score social points…

I agree that calling someone a bad person for using one of the most common test images is excessive. However, regarding this: > The subject of the photograph merely went along with it. The subject of the photograph did ask for it to no longer be used. Here's a quote from her: > I retired from modeling a long time ago. It’s time I retired from tech, too. > to defiantly do the opposite. If the policing comes from third…

Yes, I'm aware of her statement. My view is that she merely went along with what I see as reactionary nonsense as opposed to actually caring about the use of her likeness. We all have a civic duty to actively push back against the spread of polarizing reactionary movements.

Even if I believed her request to be genuine I can't bring myself to view reproducing a commercial image of a professional model that's in widespread circulation as being unethical under any circumstances. Neither would I ever agree to stop distributing a well known book if one day many years later the author woke up suddenly wanting to undo its publication. If you find my viewpoint confusing or seemingly unreasonable, for reference I view projects such as Anna's Archive in a positive light.

While I strongly disagree with what I perceive to be the intent behind the image being banned by many journals, I nonetheless agree with the outcome. It's an objectively poor test image for demonstrating the technical capabilities of the vast majority of modern applications. We don't benchmark modern video codecs by encoding VHS rips of classic Disney movies and we shouldn't do the equivalent for still images.

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by redeeman »

blipvert wrote: post #67
redeeman wrote: post #63

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> for example IEEE has banned it yeah, so that tells us a lot about the yes-men at IEEE. I wonder what other current-thing they will follow when it suddenly becomes politically convenient.

Well, it’s good to know that it’s not just women that you think are unable to make their own decisions.

your comment says more about you than it does me.

how exactly is this a gendered thing at all? people can make whatever decisions they want, INCLUDING lena when she chose to make this photo public to the entire world, for people to consume. I respect that, and I understand that once you release such, theres no takes-backsies

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by lrvick »

aussieguy1234 wrote: post #83
lrvick wrote: post #35

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These days I prefer to ask an LLM to just go fetch content for me as much as possible.

How often do they run into anti bot protections?

Vision language models are quite good at solving captchas now :)

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by 1vuio0pswjnm7 »

1vuio0pswjnm7 wrote: post #60
lrvick wrote: post #8

You can also use mplayer with "-fp" to play video on the frambuffer as well. I have gone weeks at a time without using a graphical desktop at all thanks to these tools.

I have gone 18 years for me without using a graphical desktop

The "graphical desktop" is a stupid metaphor for an interface

Not to be confused the "desktop computer" which refers a form factor that rests on top of a desk

Re: FIM – Linux framebuffer image viewer

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Post by hkt »

yonatan8070 wrote: post #41
hkt wrote: post #10

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This is a great tip, do you have others? I've tried to ditch graphical desktop envs and failed pretty miserably on media consumption and browsing before.

I'm curious, what's the motivation for not having a graphical environment at all?

What I wanted (and to an extent still do) is extreme simplicity and OS level minimalism. I was hoping to understand everything up to the browser, really. My interest in this has been renewed since AI: I have a sense that extreme simplicity may be the only viable approach for security in FLOSS if AI tilts the scales in favour of throwing cash (and therefore tokens) at problems.
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