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Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.

Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:

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    • If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
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[–] early_riser@lemmy.world 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

I want to make a small apologia on behalf smart glasses. I have an Orcam MyEye (pictured) which uses computer vision to provide a number of assistive features. It lets me know who I'm looking at, and will attempt to guess age and gender. It will read text that I indicate by pointing, and it identifies currency. I believe it also has a UPC barcode database but I don't remember. It does this completely offline.

Admittedly I don't use it all the time since it has to attach to a glasses frame via a magnet, which is somewhat uncomfortable, and the battery makes hummingbirds look good (I think it only lasts an hour) but it proved instrumental when my eye was hemorrhaging after a surgery and I had to travel alone with even less vision than I normally have (my doggo was amazing, too).

So it's not all dystopian.

[–] Novocirab@feddit.org 1 points 7 hours ago

Thank you for your input. As assistive technology, glasses with cameras definitely have a place.