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Playboy image from 1972 gets ban from IEEE computer journals

Use of "Lenna" image in computer image processing research stretches back to 1973.

https://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2024/03/playboy-image-from-1972-gets-ban-from-ieee-computer-journals/?utm_brand=arstechnica&utm_social-type=owned&utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social

hugovk ,
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@arstechnica @tacaswell We replaced the test images of Lena in @pillow 10 years ago, with a public domain photo of Grace Hopper: https://github.com/python-pillow/Pillow/issues/884

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@arstechnica

For god sake, didn't anyone notice that it was an April fools'day prank ?!!!

In your mind, is it sheer coincidence that this will be implemented as of April, 1st ?

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