After acquiring Looksery, a specialized face-tracking technology from Ukraine, Snapchat introduced the first widely used set of “Lenses”- AR face filters that merged the user’s real world with the digital world inside their phone. They have since been pioneers in the AR filter scene, and even democratized filter creation with the release of their desktop app Lens Studio in … [Read more...] about Face Filters: Augmenting or Losing Reality?
Archives for October 2023
Linguistics Totally has a Significant Impact on Women, Right?
“Is she sick?” This was a question that people had asked my mom from the moment I could speak. I learned how to talk early, carrying full conversations with my parents' friends by the age of two. The abnormal depth and raspiness of my two-year-old voice shocked people, often leading them to ask my parents if I had a cold or if I was getting over a sickness. … [Read more...] about Linguistics Totally has a Significant Impact on Women, Right?
The Silver Tsunami: Compassionate Release Dignifies Elderly Offenders
I. Introduction Dignity: a concept that several constitutions enshrine and our political and religious leaders often invoke.1The idea of dignity lies at the heart of numerous legal and ethical discussions.2 Our institutions and laws embrace, hail, and employ the concept to assess and establish our society’s ideals and practices.3In legal scholarship, however, dignity … [Read more...] about The Silver Tsunami: Compassionate Release Dignifies Elderly Offenders
To institutionalize or not? Redirecting the Discussion on how to Treat People with Serious Mental Illness
Abstract: A struggling and inaccessible mental health care system has led some to propose bringing back institutions as a way to prevent modern trends of homelessness and incarceration of the mentally ill. However, this approach is misguided and impedes our progress for needed reform. Institutionalization and other forms of coercive care are ineffective, and instead we need to … [Read more...] about To institutionalize or not? Redirecting the Discussion on how to Treat People with Serious Mental Illness
UNCATEGORIZED SHADES OF BROWN
I receive the census form, which asks for my demographic information. "Is this person of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish Origin?” "Yes, Mexican American." Next question. "What is this person's race? White, Black or African American, American Indian or Alaskan Native, Asian, Pacific Islander, or some other race." I pause for a second. Should I select "some other … [Read more...] about UNCATEGORIZED SHADES OF BROWN