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@synkr3tyk @ChateauErin Aha, I think I cracked it!

My main speakers on my monitor, which uses HDMI.

The computer uses the HDMI control signals to control the volume of the monitor's output.

It's been flaky lately-- my guess is that the control signals weren't getting to the monitor to control its volume.

(I unplugged and plugged it back in, and all is good again)

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@synkr3tyk @ChateauErin Aha, I think I cracked it!

My main speakers on my monitor, which uses HDMI.

The computer uses the HDMI control signals to control the volume of the monitor's output.

It's been flaky lately-- my guess is that the control signals weren't getting to the monitor to control its volume.

(I unplugged and plugged it back in, and all is good again)

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@synkr3tyk Windows has something similar, but that's not it-- this is "I want this app to always be at this volume, regardless of the system volume"

Honestly, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills-- it doesn't seem to work the way I expect AT ALL.

Makes me wonder if there is a bug in some bit of Dell drivers, etc.

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@synkr3tyk Windows has something similar, but that's not it-- this is "I want this app to always be at this volume, regardless of the system volume"

Honestly, I feel like I'm taking crazy pills-- it doesn't seem to work the way I expect AT ALL.

Makes me wonder if there is a bug in some bit of Dell drivers, etc.

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Volume management in Windows 11 is absolutely completely fucked.

I join a Teams call. The volume coming from my laptop is VERY loud, so I turn my volume down. No change.

I remember that they added the idea of the "volume mixer". So I turn all of them down.

Still pretty loud.

I mute completely. Sound from the Teams meeting is still happening.

What the actual fuck? Am I just an idiot?

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Volume management in Windows 11 is absolutely completely fucked.

I join a Teams call. The volume coming from my laptop is VERY loud, so I turn my volume down. No change.

I remember that they added the idea of the "volume mixer". So I turn all of them down.

Still pretty loud.

I mute completely. Sound from the Teams meeting is still happening.

What the actual fuck? Am I just an idiot?

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“Scratchcard Lanyard” by Dry Cleaning: https://youtu.be/6PuqlOTyJt0

With the amazing line: “I just need to be weird and hide for a bit.”

Completely captures how I’ve felt a lot lately…

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“Scratchcard Lanyard” by Dry Cleaning: https://youtu.be/6PuqlOTyJt0

With the amazing line: “I just need to be weird and hide for a bit.”

Completely captures how I’ve felt a lot lately…

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@kristinHenry Oooh, I love this one!

Has a real Feynman diagram feel.

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@kristinHenry Oooh, I love this one!

Has a real Feynman diagram feel.

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Living in the future doesn’t completely suck.

When I was a grad student in Physics in the early 90s, I went to optics conferences and saw papers presented on OCT (optical coherence tomography) for ophthalmology. It was such a cool research topic and the potential for treating disease was immense.

Fast forward 30 years, and I get OCT on my retina, leading to a laser treatment for a retinal tear.

(I’m a little sore and things are a bit blurry, but yay! Future!)

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Living in the future doesn’t completely suck.

When I was a grad student in Physics in the early 90s, I went to optics conferences and saw papers presented on OCT (optical coherence tomography) for ophthalmology. It was such a cool research topic and the potential for treating disease was immense.

Fast forward 30 years, and I get OCT on my retina, leading to a laser treatment for a retinal tear.

(I’m a little sore and things are a bit blurry, but yay! Future!)

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I know that Mastodon is the place to go to shit on LLMs and GenAI is, but I gotta say, I really enjoy using these tools for coding.

As @alexcox and @hotdogsladies keep on pointing out, they are not *answer* machines, they are *collaboration* machines.

"We" just came up with a clever solution to a problem "we’ve" been working on, and I'm super excited about it.

Collaborating on a solution is always more rewarding and, for me, leads to better code, because I don't get stuck in my own ruts.

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I know that Mastodon is the place to go to shit on LLMs and GenAI is, but I gotta say, I really enjoy using these tools for coding.

As @alexcox and @hotdogsladies keep on pointing out, they are not *answer* machines, they are *collaboration* machines.

"We" just came up with a clever solution to a problem "we’ve" been working on, and I'm super excited about it.

Collaborating on a solution is always more rewarding and, for me, leads to better code, because I don't get stuck in my own ruts.

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@synkr3tyk … maybe both?

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@synkr3tyk … maybe both?

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@jk I’m looking forward to the latest edition of the American rules of play.

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@jk I’m looking forward to the latest edition of the American rules of play.

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@stroughtonsmith One thing that I’ve often wondered is how it approaches “architectural copyright” (what a bunch of hogwash).

As I understand it, a lot of real-world city based video games have to leave out major architectural features because of this silly concept.

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@stroughtonsmith One thing that I’ve often wondered is how it approaches “architectural copyright” (what a bunch of hogwash).

As I understand it, a lot of real-world city based video games have to leave out major architectural features because of this silly concept.

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@offby1 Whenever anyone mentions “clever” code…

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@offby1 Whenever anyone mentions “clever” code…

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two long haired rock musicians talking, with the caption: “It’s such a fine line between stupid and clever.”

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@MennoWolff @TheBreadmonkey Tears in his eyes.

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@MennoWolff @TheBreadmonkey Tears in his eyes.

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@sugiyama738 I saw him give a talk when I was a grad student at Boston University Physics— I was very very excited— I guess he was promoting his new (at the time) book— The Emperor’s New Consciousness (I think that’s the title).

It was basically incoherent. Even though I *should* have been the *perfect* audience (25 year old Physics grad student), I left very disillusioned.

His latest book title does not make me want to rush out and buy it.

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@sugiyama738 I saw him give a talk when I was a grad student at Boston University Physics— I was very very excited— I guess he was promoting his new (at the time) book— The Emperor’s New Consciousness (I think that’s the title).

It was basically incoherent. Even though I *should* have been the *perfect* audience (25 year old Physics grad student), I left very disillusioned.

His latest book title does not make me want to rush out and buy it.