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by ibuildthings 2057 days ago
In this particular case, why is testing/demonstrating on diverse set of individuals a bad thing ?

A personal anecdote is that a few years back the automatic door sensors in my university did not work on my skin tone.

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Automatic door sensors are in my experience universally infra red. In fact I don't think I've ever seen any camera technology used in that context. Are you saying they used cameras to open the doors?
It's not a bad thing, I just dislike that I noticed it.
It's video conferencing software. Makes sense that they might put together imagery which might suggest people meeting from different corners of the planet. But sure, I get your point. I didn't notice this myself, but I have been living on side of the planet opposite from where I was born for the past decade.