This is a nice reality check for remote-work partisans.
Yeah, we have the technology, but in practice you get this...
Conference call simulator
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Re: Conference call simulator
#92Almost real, it's just missing loud audio feedback loops.
Also missing Zoom audio artifacts.
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#93I feel like this would be good visual art display at the MoMA.. you know the videos that play endlessly in some dark room behind a black curtain...
Agreed. It's evocative, and way better than the exhibit where the clown weeps at you continuously.
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
We have a guy with a mechanical keyboard on the team. After a while people just started muting him in Hangouts. It's not even the mechanical keyboard itself that's the problem, but the way it interacts with whatever noise-filtering algorithms Hangouts runs.
I love mechs. I hate that no business VoIP app has push-to-talk. I keep having to switch windows to unmute, talk, and mute myself.
Sorry posted the wrong code. You will find what you need at this page for microphone mute.
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#95Earlier quoted context omitted.
Even with Skype or hangout, someone at home always has a bandwidth issue so no-cam, also constant echo issues and typing sound almost triggers PTSD for me.
I've lost count how many meetings I been in where I completely lost what the speaker was saying because someone was clickly clacking on their keyboard the whole time. The requisite "Whomever is typing please mute yourself!", never works because the typist is never paying attention. There should be an app that logs you into your mandatory conference calls so you can get the checkmark for attending, but completely isol…
how about they just use ML for once and detect the typist and mute her automatically?
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
> does it eventually include someone who spends 10 minutes eating an apple dipped in dorito chips? My favourite was a conference call on which, for ten minutes, we heard someone’s three year olds puking, crying, screaming and crapping themselves while the mom tried to clean up with the mute button accidentally disengaged.
Why didn't someone say "Hey Helen, you know you're not on mute right?"
> Why didn't someone say "Hey Helen, you know you're not on mute right?"
Helen was dealing with puking, crying, screaming and crapping themselves. We were taking too long planning a budget.
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#97Oh, man. I wrote this thing with my buddy @weinventyou.
my voice is in there :)
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#98Do people still do conference calls nowadays? Using Hangouts has kind of eliminated the conference call problem for me. Audio quality is great, you can see who is speaking or know who wants to speak if the mute icon disappears.
Hangouts is a specific tool requiring accounts with a specific corporation. My employers do not use Google to back their services, so it's a non-starter.
Phone calls, on the other hand, can work from just about anywhere using any service provider. Makes it much more useful than Hangouts.
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#99I was only able to get through about 30 seconds before cringing, but does it eventually include someone who spends 10 minutes eating an apple dipped in dorito chips? It's always the person who has a $500 microphone set up too, so you get to not only hear them chew, but you can even hear the inner workings of their esophagus swallowing every bite.
> does it eventually include someone who spends 10 minutes eating an apple dipped in dorito chips? My favourite was a conference call on which, for ten minutes, we heard someone’s three year olds puking, crying, screaming and crapping themselves while the mom tried to clean up with the mute button accidentally disengaged.
Wow. Never have I been more grateful that our stuff has the ability to disable anyone's can/mic.
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#100Oh, man. I wrote this thing with my buddy @weinventyou.
This is a work of art.