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Years ago I had a screensaver of a double pendulum which was fun because it distracted everyone remaining in the room whenever I left.

[–] Lucien@mander.xyz 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Damn I haven't even had a screensaver in probably more than a decade

[–] Rhaedas@fedia.io 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Same. Backgrounds though, I have a ton that I made a script to stitch together into a large collage that stretches across my three monitors. Which is probably not dull enough for this place.

My backgrounds are data ingestion process maps. SUPER dull (for most people)

[–] Lucien@mander.xyz 1 points 1 day ago

I do the same; I can never decide on one so I just rotate them out every few minutes

[–] Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 1 day ago

I changed my meeting backdrop to a picture of Newport Bay (Oregon) about a month ago and it became the main topic of pre-meeting small talk for a good 3 days.

[–] shittydwarf@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anybody have any good phone backgrounds?

[–] Reverendender@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)
[–] Worx@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Oh well. All I have are evil backgrounds.