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Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

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Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#111

> I tried all existing solutions like the Sound Princess from Japan and other chinese crap on Amazon/Ali but they were not up to the task Just how loud is your shit? Maybe just ask your coworkers to put on head phones.

May I have your attention, please! Will everyone please put their headphones on! I repeat - will everyone please put their headphones on ..... We're gonna have a problem here...

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

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post #16

Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't the white noise near the source mostly just affect the perception of sounds for the person in the toilet, and less so for the people outside? Kind of like if you're doing the dishes and have the water running, people can hear you just fine, but you can't hear anything that's said to you. I know in psychologists' offices they often have the white noise device in the waiting room for…

It would be better if the device played the sound of someone aggressively having diarrhea. Then, the people outside wouldn't know if it were the person or the device.

Ring modulation is the best effect for this.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#114

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I honestly don't give a shit if someone knows I'm taking a shit.

It's all fun and games until you have explosive diarrhea and your coworkers are making Taco Bell jokes for the next 6 months.

I don't work at a tech company or with other programmers anymore, so nobody is that juvenile.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

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post #81

Looks like it could be replaced with Amazon Echo or any similar voice-enabled speaker which is 1/5 of cost.

The device Jeff Bezos uses to record your private conversations and sell to advertisers?

I mean, I guess its not the end of the world if Amazon recommended to me laxatives, toilet paper, or a plunger when I needed one.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

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post #16

Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't the white noise near the source mostly just affect the perception of sounds for the person in the toilet, and less so for the people outside? Kind of like if you're doing the dishes and have the water running, people can hear you just fine, but you can't hear anything that's said to you. I know in psychologists' offices they often have the white noise device in the waiting room for…

Doesn't that just change the distribution requirements of the device? Basically, stick one in each stall.

Non-sequitur: I am really disappointed that I have not seen a brown noise joke on these threads yet.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#118
post #16

Correct me if I'm wrong, but won't the white noise near the source mostly just affect the perception of sounds for the person in the toilet, and less so for the people outside? Kind of like if you're doing the dishes and have the water running, people can hear you just fine, but you can't hear anything that's said to you. I know in psychologists' offices they often have the white noise device in the waiting room for…

Why not autotune? Sure, it's farts and shit sounds, but at least you could make it more melodious.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

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post #109

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I hear that in Europe you have to pay to access a stall. Are those doors more secure and therefore private? Otherwise crawling under like that kid means you can use the toilet for free.

They usually run down to the floor in my experience, and are generally much nicer in general. I wish NYC would do paid bathrooms instead of just having no public bathrooms.

Oh god, NYC is probably the worst place on earth to try to find a clean, free, toilet.

Re: Show HN: Loodio – A Bathroom Privacy Device

#120

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Wouldn't that be SFH?

One of the advantages of wireless headphones is that you can take a shit while still listening in on those mostly (or even entirely) useless meetings :-)

I don't trust the mute button that much
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