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Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Post by the-pigeon »

yellowapple wrote: post #40
tzahola wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Checked the cvdazzle site. Why do these models - and models on "high fashion" photos in general - look always like they feel deep contempt towards the viewer? Where did this trope come from? What are they trying to suggest? I don't get it.

If I had to pose for a camera while wearing ridiculous-looking clothes and/or makeup, I'd have some pretty deep contempt for everyone involved (including the viewer) as well.

If you are a model then you choose the wrong career path...

Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Post by irrational »

kbenson wrote: post #19
yathern wrote: post #5

The title of this article seems to imply that face painting was intentionally used among Juggalos to deter computerized facial recognition - of course we know that's not the case. Though to be fair, somewhere in the history of the practice, it may be argued that it was to throw off human face-recognition. This reminds me of a sort of creative look into futuristic fashion I saw a bit ago: https://cvdazzle.com Where th…

The world is filled with people that figured out things accidentally because they were doing something else. For example, the person who figured out how to heat food with microwaves (and created the first microwave) didn't set out to do so, he discovered that the chocolate bar in his front pocket melted while working on magnetrons. "Figuring something out" doesn't imply concerted research towards that goal, accidenta…

If I had a chocolate bar melt in my front pocket, I would have assumed it was my body heat.

Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Post by cardiffspaceman »

tzahola wrote: post #36
yathern wrote: post #5

The title of this article seems to imply that face painting was intentionally used among Juggalos to deter computerized facial recognition - of course we know that's not the case. Though to be fair, somewhere in the history of the practice, it may be argued that it was to throw off human face-recognition. This reminds me of a sort of creative look into futuristic fashion I saw a bit ago: https://cvdazzle.com Where th…

Checked the cvdazzle site. Why do these models - and models on "high fashion" photos in general - look always like they feel deep contempt towards the viewer? Where did this trope come from? What are they trying to suggest? I don't get it.

> What are they trying to suggest?

That smiling pleasantly is hard

Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Post by Legion »

kbenson wrote: post #20
electricslpnsld wrote: post #4

Earlier quoted context omitted.

"Stumbled into" is the discovery mode for many major scientific breakthroughs.

It's actually a little amazing how many people are stumbling over themselves to point out how one possible interpretation of the title that implies some credit is due to this group that people have a generally poor opinion of couldn't possibly actually have done anything useful. This, people, is exactly what prejudice is.

OR, as was my point, the title as written suggests they were actively engaged in efforts to evade facial recognition, which is a completely different story.

> This, people, is exactly what prejudice is.

You're reaching.

Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Post by aaronbrethorst »

tzahola wrote: post #36
yathern wrote: post #5

The title of this article seems to imply that face painting was intentionally used among Juggalos to deter computerized facial recognition - of course we know that's not the case. Though to be fair, somewhere in the history of the practice, it may be argued that it was to throw off human face-recognition. This reminds me of a sort of creative look into futuristic fashion I saw a bit ago: https://cvdazzle.com Where th…

Checked the cvdazzle site. Why do these models - and models on "high fashion" photos in general - look always like they feel deep contempt towards the viewer? Where did this trope come from? What are they trying to suggest? I don't get it.

http://theconversation.com/why-fashion-models-dont-smile-536...

Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Post by scotu »

the-pigeon wrote: post #41
yellowapple wrote: post #40

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If I had to pose for a camera while wearing ridiculous-looking clothes and/or makeup, I'd have some pretty deep contempt for everyone involved (including the viewer) as well.

If you are a model then you choose the wrong career path...

not everybody has the luxury of doing what they like in life...

Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

#47

Post by danharaj »

tzahola wrote: post #36
yathern wrote: post #5

The title of this article seems to imply that face painting was intentionally used among Juggalos to deter computerized facial recognition - of course we know that's not the case. Though to be fair, somewhere in the history of the practice, it may be argued that it was to throw off human face-recognition. This reminds me of a sort of creative look into futuristic fashion I saw a bit ago: https://cvdazzle.com Where th…

Checked the cvdazzle site. Why do these models - and models on "high fashion" photos in general - look always like they feel deep contempt towards the viewer? Where did this trope come from? What are they trying to suggest? I don't get it.

They're trying to have a neutral face so it doesn't distract from what they're modelling.

Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Post by Legion »

electricslpnsld wrote: post #4
Legion wrote: post #2

More like "stumbled into" than "figured out".

"Stumbled into" is the discovery mode for many major scientific breakthroughs.

Sure, but this isn't a story of people who were making a concerted effort to avoid facial recognition, which the title's wording implies for a little bit of sensationalism.

Re: Juggalos figured out how to beat facial recognition

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Post by almost_usual »

kbenson wrote: post #19
yathern wrote: post #5

The title of this article seems to imply that face painting was intentionally used among Juggalos to deter computerized facial recognition - of course we know that's not the case. Though to be fair, somewhere in the history of the practice, it may be argued that it was to throw off human face-recognition. This reminds me of a sort of creative look into futuristic fashion I saw a bit ago: https://cvdazzle.com Where th…

The world is filled with people that figured out things accidentally because they were doing something else. For example, the person who figured out how to heat food with microwaves (and created the first microwave) didn't set out to do so, he discovered that the chocolate bar in his front pocket melted while working on magnetrons. "Figuring something out" doesn't imply concerted research towards that goal, accidenta…

One of the reasons why "discovered" is more accurate than "invented" most of the time. It was always there in nature, someone was fortunate enough to stumble upon it and pioneer the discovery.
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