[HN Gopher] Why the Bucks Can't Wear Cream Uniforms Anymore ___________________________________________________________________ Why the Bucks Can't Wear Cream Uniforms Anymore Author : doubleocherry Score : 40 points Date : 2022-11-15 22:08 UTC (51 minutes ago) (HTM) web link (paullukas.substack.com) (TXT) w3m dump (paullukas.substack.com) | lupire wrote: | What about player's faces? | drdec wrote: | Some players, due to their complexion, sometimes appear to be | going behind the ads. | kibwen wrote: | How soon until we see AI-powered adblockers that filter the | output of any signal to remove anything that it perceives as an | ad? | Turing_Machine wrote: | I'm thinking of Carl Sagan's book _Contact_, in which one of | the characters became a billionaire by developing "Adnix" | (removed ads), "Preachnix" (removed televangelists) and | "Jivenix" (removed politicians) technologies. | e1ghtSpace wrote: | How soon will content makers make their content look like ads | to force these algorithms to fail? | qsort wrote: | Several TV models already incorporate that feature. If your | device is supported, your remote should have a button | conforming to the IEC 60417-5009 standard to activate it. | kube-system wrote: | We had expert systems in VCRs 20+ years ago that did that. They | just sensed the black frames that occur during the fade-in/out | between the commercials and the content. | doubleocherry wrote: | From the article: "Teams can't wear cream anymore because it | interferes with the digital ads that are placed on the court in | broadcast due to the uniforms being so close to the color of the | wood that is keyed out in the process." | irrational wrote: | Now, how to get everyone attending the games to start wearing | cream clothing? | jaywalk wrote: | Unless they're on the court, it wouldn't matter. It's not | _just_ the color, it 's also the position of the players. The | graphics are mapped to certain spots on the court, so this only | happens if a player wearing the color stands where the graphic | is. | vel0city wrote: | The digital boards in hockey can get really annoying even when | they're working as intended. Animating them should definitely be | banned and I wouldn't mind seeing the digital ads disappear | entirely. | Consultant32452 wrote: | Modern television is insufferable. | macintux wrote: | Tangential at best, but there really should be limits to how | bright (or white) a digital billboard can be. I've been | temporarily blinded at night when, while trying to read an ad | with a dark background, it switched over to a different ad. | kube-system wrote: | Contact your local lawmakers, these regulations are definitely | a thing: https://www.scenic.org/sign-control/billboard-facts- | by-state... | kibwen wrote: | Why settle for crumbs? There should be limits on how many | billboards, digital or otherwise, are allowed to exist, and | that limit can be "zero". Advertising is a blight. | kube-system wrote: | In my experience, the worst offenders are not billboards but | signage for local establishments. ___________________________________________________________________ (page generated 2022-11-15 23:00 UTC)