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Re: Office noise generator

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Post by dijit »

gambiting wrote: post #46
dijit wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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 ;-)

I guess nobody was on a call then. :)

Everyone has a mechanical keyboard, and often 4-5 people are on skype calls. Some people are very loud when talking through the mic and they speak louder the more people are talking. It leads to a really obscene amplification of volume pretty quickly and tends to last until the lunch or the end of the day. But yes, I think you've seen my war room then :D

Re: Office noise generator

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Post by Arainach »

lucassandes wrote: post #43

The 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...

I don't know, the one you just posted is more "beautiful" to me. It's easy to control, the UI is intuitive (it took me a bit to understand the OP), and the sounds are both higher fidelity and more accurate. None of the noises in OP were ones that are regularly in my large (20-30 people) open office, while this link you've shared is significantly closer.

Re: Office noise generator

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Post by fooblat »

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.

> salespeople celebrating their bonus with a lot of volume

This.

The most (and least) challenging office I've ever worked in featured a large open plan that had the sales team adjacent to the engineering team. The sales team had a large ship's bell and not only would they ring it for every deal they closed, they would ring it once for every 10k of the deal! That plus they're general loudness drove the engineers crazy.

First they gave us all noise cancelling head phones but that didn't really help.

Finally they moved engineering to another office location down the street. Everything changed when we made the new space our own. Still an open plan but with plenty of cozy corners to sit with a laptop and a few well insulated meeting rooms for loud discussions. The big change tho was the atmosphere: nice and quiet!

Re: Office noise generator

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Post by dingo_bat »

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.

Worst is when people leave their phone at their desk and go for a coffee break and the phone keeps ringing and ringing.

Re: Office noise generator

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Post by melbourne_mat »

I seriously hate open plan. Which turkey came up with that idea?

I became one of the ahole's at one small office when I opened a brie and ate it at my desk. The guy next to me said that cheese made him vomit. Did he want me throw my brie away? I kept on eating but never brought in cheese again. That guy never said a word to me again :-(

Re: Office noise generator

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Post by Ntrails »

melbourne_mat wrote: post #59

I seriously hate open plan. Which turkey came up with that idea? I became one of the ahole's at one small office when I opened a brie and ate it at my desk. The guy next to me said that cheese made him vomit. Did he want me throw my brie away? I kept on eating but never brought in cheese again. That guy never said a word to me again :-(

> Did he want me throw my brie away?

No, he wanted you to fuck off and eat it somewhere that he didn't have to smell it.

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