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The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by soperj »

scottlamb wrote: post #27

> I have a good relationship with Godsey ... so I emailed him and asked if he could tell me the backstory, even if only off the record, just to satisfy my own curiosity. > “I’m not sure I want to deal with the can of worms it will open, so I’ll tell you privately,” he wrote back. And then the author published it. WTF? They won't have a good relationship now!

And then you read another couple paragraphs and get to:

> After thinking about it for a bit, Godsey agreed to let me tell that story.

All that outrage for nothing.

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by cwkoss »

knaekhoved wrote: post #20
macintux wrote: post #9

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.

My moral belief is that being blasted with blinding amounts of light amounts to trespass and/or assault, and fully justifies a forceful response against the source of aggression (namely, the billboard). Obviously this is not going to be accepted as a legal argument, but if I'm not worried about the legal repercussions, I feel more than justified in taking matters into my own hands - for example, by cutting power to f…

Would be pretty dank and cyberpunk if someone built an onion-service ADsassination market, where you could put bounties on ugly public-space ads and a decentralized network of spraypaint-drone operators could deface those ads to earn crypto.

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by safeimp »

scottlamb wrote: post #27

> I have a good relationship with Godsey ... so I emailed him and asked if he could tell me the backstory, even if only off the record, just to satisfy my own curiosity. > “I’m not sure I want to deal with the can of worms it will open, so I’ll tell you privately,” he wrote back. And then the author published it. WTF? They won't have a good relationship now!

No need to by sensational... Shortly after your quote the author wrote:

> After thinking about it for a bit, Godsey agreed to let me tell that story. Here’s a transcript of a Zoom conversation I had with him a few days ago, edited for length and clarity.

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by kube-system »

brirec wrote: post #21
kube-system wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In my experience, the worst offenders are not billboards but signage for local establishments, which would usually be unaffected by a billboard ban.

I don’t expect any laws to really change this any time soon, but the billboards in Times Square are about as egregious in this regard as it possibly could get.

NY does have laws about this, but I'm going to guess that if anywhere has exemptions, it's Times Square.

https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/engineering/real-estate/rep...

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Post by drdec »

maskros wrote: post #18
e1ghtSpace wrote: post #12

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How soon will content makers make their content look like ads to force these algorithms to fail?

That's already happened ... just look at how many youtube channels have integrated a "and now let's briefly talk about my sponsors" segment in the middle.

This is how ads were in the beginning of television, the characters in the snow would talk about the product.

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by [deleted] »

jaywalk wrote: post #5
irrational wrote: post #3

Now, how to get everyone attending the games to start wearing cream clothing?

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.

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Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by paxys »

jaywalk wrote: post #5
irrational wrote: post #3

Now, how to get everyone attending the games to start wearing cream clothing?

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.

"It will only matter when the players wearing these jersey are on the court"

So, 100% of the time?

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by dsfyu404ed »

drdec wrote: post #35
maskros wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's already happened ... just look at how many youtube channels have integrated a "and now let's briefly talk about my sponsors" segment in the middle.

This is how ads were in the beginning of television, the characters in the snow would talk about the product.

And how ads on radio have been since forever.

Re: The Bucks can’t wear cream uniforms because they interfere with digital ads

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Post by asdff »

kube-system wrote: post #17
kibwen wrote: post #16

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

In my experience, the worst offenders are not billboards but signage for local establishments, which would usually be unaffected by a billboard ban.

Be happy these monstrosities haven't been installed near you yet, but they are coming eventually for us all:

https://old.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/rdqu7o/las_favo...

https://old.reddit.com/r/LosAngeles/comments/p3ry42/you_can_...

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