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Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 17h

Sounds like it is set to default in the webcam properties, which is never good. Manual resolution/fps needs to be picked. Then the camera object needs to be reset to actual pixels if it was scaled up to fit the 1080 view point. Just a guess and don't know what OP did to troubleshoot.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 17h

All I know about Kaye is what Clark Griswold told me.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 17h

Similarly, I've had my best experience with history when it was taught as a contextual story versus memorize dates. My friend Kerry did this (She's a professor) when she did a historical world of darkness game, or when I had to take a military history class in college taught by a 3 war veteran.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 23h

Popcorn!

two men are standing in front of a car with vox video club written on the screen

ALT: two men are standing in front of a car with vox video club written on the screen

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Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 23h

Then I won't tell you that Danny Glover was 40 in Lethal Weapon when he was too old for this shit.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 1d

Labelling (or at least encoding like a digital watermark) should be in the visual/audio based ones, preferably w/ sourcing (that would be harder). It should be as filterable as adult content, easy to discern from truth, and original art should be assumed not ingestible unless explicitly allowed.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 1d

I've done 2 AI/Tech ethics courses for college now. I definitely have issues w/ the copyright theft & socio impact of people not critically thinking. The ouroboros of AI slop has me concerned for the internet's future. But as a constrained tool used like every other innovation in computing, I'm ok.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 1d

A Rolodex would destroy them.
Or what about the fact that people (businesses usually) would get phone numbers that spelled something on the keypad so you could remember easier

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 1d

Could be simple, like a router misconfig, or could be a DDOS. Hope the system is resilient and its quickly fixed for you.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 1d

And then you get to count down to the Brimley Line (which I passed over a year ago) brimleyline.date

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 1d

My dude, you aren't at the age yet where that is an every day occurrence. Until then, you shush.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 1d

I still have the pin Nathen gave me.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 1d

OK, emailed you some bullet points for your notes or if you want to chat dig deeper.

Going to add @gallantgoblin.bsky.social to this thread, since I met Theo and Grady there.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 2d

I was at d&d live 2019 the descent and was producing the b&g streams for 2020 which took the place of the orange county one that was supposed to happen that year

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 2d

@liisalee.bsky.social ! Where I met you (descent), but I know you have some stories about the other one

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 2d

That's the event where you ignored me at the table! <3

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 2d

What if there's a guy who does his own artwork, writes his own lyrics, plays some of the instruments (AI the others), and will record his voice singing to get converted into something with it? Because if there's a use case where someone is being creative using it, this is about it.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 2d

I don't see myself watching a movie in a theater again. Maybe something would get me to make an exception, but not for that guy. I liked Legacy and the soundtrack was amazing, including the StrongBad remix. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tsa4... I would have wanted to see the sequel to Legacy.

Daft Punk vs. Strong Bad - Random Access Fhqwhgads

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Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 2d

I should be studying, but today was a day.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 5d

Ring of Chaos is a fun board game. I own a copy and also got to play it with the B&G Overlords earlier this year. If you like TTBG, you should get it, and this. I was not paid for this endorsement, but am not opposed to it.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 5d

www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9MZ...

We Like The Moon

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Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 5d

Yeah, it does. There's a big note that you can mute, leave the meeting, etc. Its weird that in some ways (both recording & summaries), it is a protection for CYA ("Yes, you did give approval in that meeting") or for inappropriate behavior, but on the other hand, I realize I dont want to say as much.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 5d

Every meeting I am in now has an AI Note taker or summary that gets mailed out. There is no way to avoid it.

Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 6d

a drawing of a ghost that says ghost hug you can 't feel it but it 's there .

ALT: a drawing of a ghost that says ghost hug you can 't feel it but it 's there .

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Mike Sims @mikesims.bsky.social · 6d

Built a new PC in August, so I'm on 11 with most of that disabled, the start menu on the left, etc. I also discovered the github for Microsoft Activation Scripts, so there's that, too. And that works for Office. And ninite.com is great for installing a bunch of core apps for people.

Ninite - Install or Update Multiple Apps at Once

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