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I have a five-step ritual. 1. Mute myself. 2. Double check I am muted. 3. Ask, "Can anyone hear me?" 4. Ask, "Can anyone hear me?" again, louder. 5. State, "I'
by lynndotpy 2y ago
I have a five-step ritual.
1. Mute myself.
2. Double check I am muted.
3. Ask, "Can anyone hear me?"
4. Ask, "Can anyone hear me?" again, louder.
5. State, "I'm about to urinate."
Increasingly embarrassing failsafes, but not as embarrassing as broadcasting a bathroom break. I'm happy that I never needed anything past layer 2.
- mordechai9000 2y agoMy old headset would disconnect at random. It had its own physical mute button. At some point, Teams decided to switch microphones for me without telling me. So when the headset came back online, Teams continued using the built in laptop mic. Fortunately I wasn't doing anything embarrassing. Someone asked where some background noise was coming from. I said "not from me, I'm on mute". And several people said "no you're not!"
- prettyStandard 2y agoI mentioned this because of the ongoing anti-Samsung thread. I've always avoided Samsung but caved on the folding phones. I haven't really tried out any other phones lately, but I really like their buttons to disable the microphone and camera for this. Not sure if it's Samsung or stock Android at this point. Also I just got an update their adaptive battery protection is something I have been wanting.
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- plasma_beam 2y agoI’d debate you on 5. That may be more embarrassing.