[HN Gopher] Why the Bucks Can't Wear Cream Uniforms Anymore
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       Why the Bucks Can't Wear Cream Uniforms Anymore
        
       Author : doubleocherry
       Score  : 40 points
       Date   : 2022-11-15 22:08 UTC (51 minutes ago)
        
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       | 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.
        
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