The problem is when people then open huge PRs and expect you to take time to review them, then eventually merge them.
Especially when it's something you don't want in your codebase because it introduce a big unnecessary "refactoring" or a feature that you don't want to have to maintain forever.
It's not a lusty image if nobody knows what the full picture looks like. Hence the reference to the Streisand effect.
What I'm not seeing in this thread is the reason why this picture is so over used.
One reason is that it's the perfect image to test graphics manipulation algorithms like compression for example. It has all the characteristics you want to check for: various textures, gradients, lightening... It's like the benchy (3d printing) of image compression.
The other reason is that once it established itself as the reference image, it was easier for researchers to compare algorithms and make sure the author doesn't cheat by cherry picking a picture where his algorithm is clearly better.
Researchers were used to see the common pitfalls of compressions algorithms on this image (the fur for example).
That's the thing, Valve is in this position because they have the Steam cash cow. Other video games company can't do the same.
My money is on Raspbian. Because it's very likely powered by a Raspberry Pi.
Since the Raspberry Pi has been released it's pretty common.
Yeah they tried handhelds, barely made a dent to Nintendo market share then gave up.
Yeah that reminds me when I was using Compiz in the late 2000's, until I got bored of it 😀
It's too bad, if he stayed off Twitter (not just not buying it but not twitt either) people who still believe he's a genius.
Just like self driving! In 2010 it was almost there, just needed a few more years...
There will still be humans in 100 years. The planet is fine, we're just making it harder for us and many other species to survive.
How many humans there will be, and how they will live is a different question.
We can already create enough abondance that no human starves, sleep outside or can't affotd medical treatment. Still look at the world.
The point is that saying "pull requests welcome" is still work for the maintainer, because now you have to have these discussions with potential contributors, sometimes explain them why you don't want to maintain the feature, or explain them why this PR is not the way you want...
So either way it's work, it's important to keep in mind before saying "just send a PR".