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@Chrishallbeck How did you get this live satellite image of my home office?

@Chrishallbeck you need wide angle cam

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Me: Wouldn't be easier to, like, shoving all the clutter in a garbage sack, then sorting it out later (or never)?

Character: You don't understand my style. [Upturned nose]

@Chrishallbeck Brilliant. Updated version of this strip of Calvin & Hobbes https://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1992/09/17

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During the lockdowns I had to hold some online oral exams. Most students chose a neutral background (white wall, maybe some pictures hanging or a book shelf) but every now and then I was just thrown into their chaotic dormitory rooms. Like what the hell is laying in the left corner of your room that you prefer showing me, your university professor, your messy bed full of dirty clothes (yes, also underwear) on the right ?!?

@Chrishallbeck What people see in my video conference calls

@Chrishallbeck This is why virtual backgrounds exist.

@Chrishallbeck I see you’ve been to my office.

@Chrishallbeck 😅🤣😂

@Chrishallbeck Yes.

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@Chrishallbeck you have a camera in my room! 😂

@Chrishallbeck Zoom's surveillance concerns stem from its data collection practices, raising privacy alarms. The platform gathers user information and communication data, potentially compromising personal privacy when not managed transparently and securely.

There's also filters.

@Chrishallbeck I found turning the desk around so the camera faced the wall involved far less tidying! 😂

@Chrishallbeck With Green Screen you don't even need to do that! 😎

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1. Tidy, thoroughly, once
2. Take backdrop picture
3. Buy a green screen
4. Profit

@Chrishallbeck While this is me, I do make a point of leaving my @effinbirds "Eat Farts" pillow visible on the couch behind me.

Funny how few co-workers have noticed.

@Chrishallbeck the real peripheral vision of you 😂

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me in real life

@Chrishallbeck every streamer, EVER.... (this includes me 😭 )

@Chrishallbeck putting sticky bits of masking tape just millimeters on both sides of the lens can free up more real estate for more stuff brah...

@Chrishallbeck I'm such a mess lol

@Chrishallbeck Me: Aahhh! Mission abort. Seems like those two photo frames behind you support reflection.

Character: You speculated wrong. They're not even photo frames for that matter. *maniacal chuckle*

@Chrishallbeck AKA "curating my background"

@Chrishallbeck this is definitely my office.

@Chrishallbeck oh man, it me

@Chrishallbeck 😄 👍

@Chrishallbeck my room, for sure.

@Chrishallbeck The "cone of clean" <3

@Chrishallbeck guilty.

@Chrishallbeck I feel seen :)

@Chrishallbeck ouch

@Chrishallbeck Yes this is exactly my practice.

@Chrishallbeck there is still lots of unused invisible space directly behind the chair 🤔

@Chrishallbeck That’s my home office!

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Move back him very close to the behind wall