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pjc50 on May 21, 2015 | parent | context | favorite | on: Using Waifu2x to Upscale Japanese Prints

My neural network sarcasm detector is confused by this post. I was going to complain about it being the same kind of dim unintentional sexism as the original choice of Lena as reference image.

yohui on May 21, 2015 | [–]

It was a backhanded compliment. The name is a bit... unprofessional.

On the other hand, it does help you grok its function, and I suspect the 'memorable' name is at least partially responsible for its popularity.

JulianMorrison on May 21, 2015 | [–]

I don't buy "unintentional".

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