Lucius Fox
Why is this getting down-voted? It's simply a Dark Knight reference to Batman's microphone-array self-destruct password.
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Ask HN: How many internet-connected microphones are near you at this moment?
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#123 mics.
And I'm in the car.
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#13It'd be nice to state the intention of the question or elaborate it a little.
Also, add "Ask HN:" in the beginning please.
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#14Four mics, three cameras. Shouldn't this be a poll?
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#15I have an old headphone that is plugging to the microphone socket of my laptop. So, one down, many more to go. Have not figure out a way to deal with microphone in mobile devices. Suggestions?
Uh, wouldn't this be more likely to get a signal? An (analog) headphone is a sort-of, piss-poor microphone in reverse, whereas a naked port doesn't magically pick up sounds from the ether...
By connecting something to the port you disable the internal mic. Just use a torn cable, or a headphone with missing or broken speakers.
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#16One.
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#17I have an old headphone that is plugging to the microphone socket of my laptop. So, one down, many more to go. Have not figure out a way to deal with microphone in mobile devices. Suggestions?
Uh, wouldn't this be more likely to get a signal? An (analog) headphone is a sort-of, piss-poor microphone in reverse, whereas a naked port doesn't magically pick up sounds from the ether...
There are usually two microphones in laptop, plug in one disables the other. I should say two down, more to go.
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#181. My mobile phone. Due to my habit of bodging desktops together out of whatever parts I happen to have lying around, the machine I'm currently working on doesn't actually have a microphone connected. Or, for that matter, case screws.
My webcam is disconnected thanks to an abortive attempt to couple it to a mini-projector to hack up a projected keyboard.
Re: Ask HN: How many internet-connected microphones are near you at this moment?
#19Earlier quoted context omitted.
Uh, wouldn't this be more likely to get a signal? An (analog) headphone is a sort-of, piss-poor microphone in reverse, whereas a naked port doesn't magically pick up sounds from the ether...
There are usually two microphones in laptop, plug in one disables the other. I should say two down, more to go.
I can't find a source but I remember something on HN a while back about this not being the case with new MBPs. The input device is software-controlled now. If you care to search for it, it had to do with laptop security guidelines for employees of some government agency.
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#20It is a scary thought. Never thought about it until now. Thanks.