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You can't call yourself a tree geek unless you enjoy the sounds of keyboards :)
What's a tree geek?
It's a big plant that we get wood from.
Office noise generator
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#42Why does increasing the number of people increase the fan noises? Does everybody have their own AC or are they using PC towers from the 90's?
I think it's just volume - I couldn't notice anything else changing.
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#43The presentation of this one is definitely more beautiful thant this one[0], that a friend of mine shared a days ago. The latter has more options and is more customizable tho.
[0] https://mynoise.net/NoiseMachines/openOfficeNoiseGenerator.p...
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#45The 'colleague' scanning its butt on the photocopier is a nice touch.
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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.
Hey Dijit - are you sure? I've been to your "war room" a few times and it's like a crypt in there most of the time, you could hear a pin drop so to speak. Unless you mean some other area ;-)
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#47For 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.
And non tech people coming up to me every 5 minutes to have a chat like 'I sent you an email 2 seconds ago, did you check it? Let's go over it!'.
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#48Ah, I can subtract all the way to 0 colleagues, I guess it works for me to. Thanks!
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#49It needs an option to amplify the typing noises to "I work with developers who insist mechanical keyboards are better" levels.
You can't call yourself a tree geek unless you enjoy the sounds of keyboards :)
I'm going to make the guess that you meant "True" in the "no true scotsman" way of passing off outsiders.
Personally I find this kind dismissive commentary a little bit aggravating.
In my mind you're a "true" geek if you unashamedly enjoy the technicalities of something.
from Dungeons and Dragons to Train design.
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The parent is also a little distasteful. If you don't like the noise of a mechanical keyboard consult your manager; the issue is with poor sound isolation not with mechanical keyboards. Typewriters were a thing for many decades and people managed.
Keyboards might be a preference but the fact is that we're all human and we have our "sound vices"; whether it be being too loud when chewing or yelling into a mic mere inches away from your face all the way to nervously clicking your tongue when lost in thought.
Don't excuse those who have designed offices to be very poor w.r.t. sound isolation by blaming those who dare make noise.
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#50I miss the sound of people muttering to themselves and breathing loudly while wearing noise cancelling headphones.
No, not really.