They need to make a miniature version that I can attach to my headphones because that is my busy indicator. If I'm at work and need to focus, noise cancelling headphones are a must. If they're off then I'm not busy.
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#372It’s very pretty; but it’s also a little sad - that there could be demand for a big red flashing IRL “busy” indicator. If I’m busy and if it happens so often that I can reliably buy a device like this, I would instead prefer to adjust my work environment to not be distracting, and to inform people that they should contact me at some other time. I guess this may not always be an option.
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At this point I don’t care if it cures cancer. There’s zero chance I’d ever buy it or even look at that page now. We get it. It exists. Stop spamming it.
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#373This seems like something I have been looking to add to my home office. I would love to have a companion device that I can stick to the outside of a closed office door
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#374In the monitor screenshot it occured to me that you need to choose back or front. But in most open offices you will probably need a 360 dispaly. A circle design that scrolls might work. Also pomedero breaks are also busy. Having a break is something. Being interupted during that break is no better than being interuppted during the work part.
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#375Oh my, this is something I've been wanting to create. Something simple like an illuminated on-air sign outside my office door. This is awesome, and awesomely over-engineered.
Check out BlyncLights from Embrava. Much simpler and cheaper. I've installed them in a few companies and have one at home so my wife knows when I'm in a meeting or free.
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#376Does this really beat a printed BUSY clipart taped to my screen? It's far from the first product I see like this and the question is always the same.
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#377Does this really beat a printed BUSY clipart taped to my screen? It's far from the first product I see like this and the question is always the same.
For some people, maybe. For most people not. To me it looks like a very slick, hacker gadget built from a very enthusiastic person. Good finish and highly over-engineered. For me, as a user, it'd be too expensive, but my hacker soul could imagine building something like that too. Nice product, but at that price point probably not for a big audience
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#378Earlier quoted context omitted.
For some people, maybe. For most people not. To me it looks like a very slick, hacker gadget built from a very enthusiastic person. Good finish and highly over-engineered. For me, as a user, it'd be too expensive, but my hacker soul could imagine building something like that too. Nice product, but at that price point probably not for a big audience
I recall seeing little USB lights on Amazon that accomplished the same thing for $30. Turn red when your calendar/webcam is active, green when free. Of course, I would be suspicious of the software integration privacy, but different problem.
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#379Earlier quoted context omitted.
Yeah, and those “PayPal” emails telling me to enter my creds must be legit because they say “PayPal © 2024” at the bottom, with a link to paypal.com.
Actually fake ones will inevitably show "(c)" because they couldn't get authorization for the copyright key. If you zoom in you can see the gaps in the circle betraying the deception. To be extra cautious, select it to make sure it's real text and not a screenshot of a real copyright notice - this is a common workaround. There is also one known proof of concept exploit using false glyphs in web fonts - this is why ma…
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I just got 8 of those with no authorization
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#380Does this really beat a printed BUSY clipart taped to my screen? It's far from the first product I see like this and the question is always the same.
It does cover people interrupting you to ask “ok but how long will you be busy?” :) unless you want to replace your taped clip art every minute or so.
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