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My department at California State University Northridge is hiring! We're looking for a new colleague studying microbiology or molecular/cellular biology. I'm not on the search committee, but happy to answer questions about the department and campus, and life in LA

For #FreeSoftwareAdvent I'd like to post about open source tools that we're using in our #VFXPipeline.
On Dec. 5th let's start with #OpenImageIO (

Raiders End Miserable Season Finally On a High Note https://www.si.com/nfl/raiders/onsi/las-vegas-end-miserable-season-finally-high-note

sure wish I was on a video call right now using the Video Microwave

I don't know who needs to hear this but if you're in the market for a desktop camera with 1080p video, mic & Windows Hello facial recognition authentication, check this out.
(Also has an automatic shutter which physically blocks the lens when you're not using it. $55.)
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BJDVKJB9

RE: https://mograph.social/@compfu/115685779599943923
Because of this video essay about trains in movies I've just watched the 2010 movie "Unstoppable". I really enjoyed it. It has Michael Bay-style camera moves with non-stop parallax motion so…

Wow, #youtube no longer allows me to change the playback speed of videos unless I pay up. Is that feature turned off for everybody now or just for those of us who use an ad blocker?
#enshittification

Went to see „Good Fortune“. It’s okay. Even though it has to have a good ending that feels a bit too easy the movie shines a light on the gig economy.
I wish the whole movie was as funny as the trailer but the first act is very slow and if you don’t know the story from the trailer it feels like the plot is going nowhere in particular.
#movie