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Re: Office noise generator

#11

Post by raverbashing »

Freak_NL wrote: post #7
Pelic4n wrote: post #2

For realism, it should integrate people making their calls in the open space, the guy right next to you chewing loudly with an open mouth, the heated design debate occuring 3 desks from you and the salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume. I do not miss the office.

Add the HVAC units making weird noises, smartphone notification sounds, and ringtones, fucking ringtones.

You know if the person uses a traditional phone ringtone that they're of the older echelons

Edit: a (traditional rotary phone) ringtone, not a "basic" ringtone. Though I'm satisfied with the stock choices of the recent Android phones, they start slowly and are not overwhelming.

Re: Office noise generator

#12

Post by capableweb »

Pelic4n wrote: post #2

For realism, it should integrate people making their calls in the open space, the guy right next to you chewing loudly with an open mouth, the heated design debate occuring 3 desks from you and the salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume. I do not miss the office.

> integrate people making their calls in the open space

This could be done in a community/collaborative fashion, where the website allows people that are talking/having calls can connect to the website to share their noise with the people who need the noise in the background. Website would automatically adjust the volume based on the distance parameter you set.

Re: Office noise generator

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Post by fooblat »

raverbashing wrote: post #11
Freak_NL wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Add the HVAC units making weird noises, smartphone notification sounds, and ringtones, fucking ringtones.

You know if the person uses a traditional phone ringtone that they're of the older echelons Edit: a (traditional rotary phone) ringtone, not a "basic" ringtone. Though I'm satisfied with the stock choices of the recent Android phones, they start slowly and are not overwhelming.

These days I'm always surprised when I hear a phone make any audible alert sounds. It's always someone from a very different cultural group that mine.

edit: typo

Re: Office noise generator

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Post by dijit »

gambiting wrote: post #9
brailsafe wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How am I supposed to work without the guy next to me chewing the egg he just cracked with his mouth open, the guy behind me crunching chips and audibly burping, and the sales guy with a bluetooth earpiece and mechanical keyboard!? I do not miss the office.

Where the hell do you people work lol :P I'm in an open plan office of 300 people and it's usually just as quiet if not quieter than this website.

Even in our company this is highly dependent.

I work in LiveOps and it gets very loud with even a low number of people in proximity.

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