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Office noise generator
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Re: Office noise generator
#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are now quiet Cherry MX switches, dampened in both directions of travel: https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-silent-red.html They're no louder than a regular membrane keyboard, and much quieter than just using O-rings.
But the sound is part of the better experience. // sent from MX blue
About to say the same thing! I'm sure there are some people who use a mechnical keyboard to "show off", but for me (and I assume the vast majority) the noise you endure is pollution while I enjoy the tactile & audio dopamine hit.
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#123It needs an option to amplify the typing noises to "I work with developers who insist mechanical keyboards are better" levels.
Coworker with model-m who hunts and pecks: spacebar goes KERTHUNK
Ha! that's me but I play the spacebar like I'm slappin' a bass guitar. It sounds awesome in my head...
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#124Earlier quoted context omitted.
> 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…
What kind of tone-deaf person made the original suggestion to colocate sales and engineering?!?! I prefer cubicles myself (or individual offices, but let's be realistic). But I can survive in an open floorplan provided it's reasonably quiet.
What kind of tone-deaf person made the original suggestion to colocate sales and engineering?!?
"Agile"? :)
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#125The 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...
Upvote for mynoise.net. This is a more accurate representation, in my opinion. They have a lot of high quality sounds, and we play the baby shush sounds for our infant almost everyday.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
There are now quiet Cherry MX switches, dampened in both directions of travel: https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-silent-red.html They're no louder than a regular membrane keyboard, and much quieter than just using O-rings.
But the sound is part of the better experience. // sent from MX blue
I use Greens, which are even louder, but nothing compares to the volume of the buckling spring "PING" noise
Re: Office noise generator
#127Earlier quoted context omitted.
Reds aren't that new, they've been around for years. No tactile feedback, though, which is why many people (including me) don't prefer them.
No these are the "silent" reds. They don't make a sound when bottoming out and also not when coming back up. Regular: https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-red.html Silent: https://www.cherrymx.de/en/mx-original/mx-silent-red.html
I have these, for an office. Yes they are silent if you slowly push and release a key, but thumping away at 50-60 wpm still makes a huge amount of noise, even with o-rings installed (although a lot quieter than blue switches which I used to have).
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#128Not loud enough
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#129For 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.
Maybe the site was updated, but I definitely heard somebody chomping on celery without closing their mouth about 1 inch from the mic.
I hate chewing.
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#130This has to be irony right? Not more than 10 seconds in I had the pleasure to hear loud, wet, chewing.