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Re:The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9 by cedilla on Saturday March 27, 2021 @07:33AM (#26601550)
It's the webcam that is flipped.
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Re:The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9 by seppel on Saturday March 27, 2021 @09:42AM (#26602230)
The software of the webcam usually flips the video, so that it looks like a mirror to you.
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Re:The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9 by CyberDildonics on Saturday March 27, 2021 @02:27PM (#26604293)
That's not true, that would mean that webcam video by default would flip any writing and make it unreadable.
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Re:The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9 by seppel on Saturday March 27, 2021 @03:19PM (#26604729)
> That's not true, that would mean that webcam video by default would flip any writing and make it unreadable.

That is exactly what happens if I open Facetime on my Mac and hold something in the camera.

To be a bit more precise: There are two streams generated. One is shown to yourself, and this one works like a mirror. The other one is shown to remote participants and this one is not flipped.

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Re:The case for, and against, the still-unseen Planet 9 by sliken on Saturday March 27, 2021 @03:27PM (#26604808)
Many do, to you the person holding the writing, but not to the people you are showing it to.
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