quantumquetzal

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by quantumquetzal 1y ago
Hello! I spent a lot of time in graduate school researching AR/VR technology (specifically regarding its utility as an accessibility tool) and learning about barriers to adoption. In my opinion, there are three major hurdles preventing
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by quantumquetzal 2y ago
Aren’t browser-extension ad blockers (uBlock Origin, AdBlock, etc.) not helpful for solving this problem? As far as I’m aware, by the time the ad can be blocked by such programs, you have already consumed the data. Wouldn’t a better solutio
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
Sign language (speaking with ASL in mind, unfamiliar with others) uses a different grammatical structure from American English. To boot, a signer can adopt different body languages to imbue their message with different tonality. Current ML
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
Wow! Thanks for the response. This is exciting work, and I’m pleased to see it being iterated on. Re: #2. I’m assuming the varying depth is manually-controlled? Or is it automated by some method? If it’s manual, can the adjustment be made w
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
There’s a significant amount of evidence pointing to the fact that “anchored” captions (a la speech bubbles, like a comic book) is a preferred way to render captions, assuming the bubbles are at the same focal distance as the speaker. This
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
I would disagree! It takes time and resources to learn ASL or even fingerspelling. This would allow people without the time/resources to communicate effortlessly, which I would say is a marked improvement. That said, you could argue it
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
Let’s say you’re in a meeting with colleagues who are having a side discussion about something, which you can contribute to. In this current setup, that conversation would not be displayed, while as a hearing person, you could context switc
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
Background: researched this space for a graduate degree. There are a few issues that are unanswered by this video (which isn't intended to be a technical deep dive, but I don't see any related links in the video description): 1. H
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
My personal feelings on unions aside, I think some of these points a union COULD address. - Non-competes. Your rationale for non-competes is a non sequitur here. A union can represent workers and negotiate against signing non-competes if it
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
By no means am I arguing the notion that their track record of supporting products (especially hardware) is good, especially when compared to other participants in the space. It is poor, I think most of us have heard that at least once by n
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by quantumquetzal 4y ago
Every time a Google product release makes its way to this site, it seems as though many commenters don't read the article and instead attempt to "dunk on" Google for their history of cancelling projects, vying to express how
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