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Re: Playa Phone

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Post by aaron42net » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:31 AM UTC

dandellion wrote: post #175

aaron42net wrote: post #135

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Yes, that wouldn't be hard with the normal voip.ms call routing. But my intent was for it to be as visually and functionally identical as possible to a phone booth you would've found on a street corner a few decades ago, just in an unusual place (and free). I've avoided anything in the normal usage of it that would deviate from that.

You could make it 99% of the time a normal phone booth and 1% you get the Matrix easter egg, that would be even more fun.

I've implemented this. There's no random function with voip.ms, but there are time-based rules. So it'll play the Matrix easter egg about 1/90th of the day after no answer.

Re: Playa Phone

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Post by throwaway2037 » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 6:04 AM UTC

kart23 wrote: post #214

criddell wrote: post #10

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No. If you are genuinely curious, here are the original ten principles of Burning Man that were established when the event was still in San Francisco: https://burningman.org/about-us/10-principles/

leave no trace is insane. look at the overflowing dumpsters and abandoned bikes in reno. even some people just dumping trash at random peoples homes. think of the amount of diesel burned in generators, trucks hauling tons of steel, shipping containers for camps, just so people can party in the middle of nowhere. https://www.reddit.com/r/Reno/comments/1n5z9kc/burning_man_t...

    > overflowing dumpsters

I don't really understand this complaint. Where else are they supposed to put their garbage?

Re: Playa Phone

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Post by par » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:27 PM UTC

SamuelAdams wrote: post #106

aaron42net wrote: post #48

This phone is my project. I'm happy to answer questions.

Can you update the "did not answer" flow to, instead of six busy signals and hanging up, be the dialog to end of the Matrix (1999)? The film concludes with Neo talking into a phone booth phone to the audience and I think it would be fitting here as an Easter egg.

For those in need of a refresher, the dialogue is "“I'm going to hang up this phone, and then I'm going to show these people what you don't want them to see. I'm going to show them a world without you."

Re: Playa Phone

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Post by aaron42net » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 5:55 PM UTC

teiferer wrote: post #215

aaron42net wrote: post #48

This phone is my project. I'm happy to answer questions.

So cool! Thanks for this! One detail about the status page: the rows read upside down. "Online Phone connection". Once you realize what it means your brain can flip it, but the more natural order would be "Phone connection Online".

Fixed this. Thanks for the report.

Re: Playa Phone

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Post by javier_e06 » Wed, Sep 02, 2026, 7:28 PM UTC

All is missing is the white pages phone book tethered by a chain. Pick a name at random and dial it and say: "Michael Davenport?, It's me!"

Re: Playa Phone

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Post by AlexeyBelov » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 5:34 AM UTC

tonymet wrote: post #240

solfox wrote: post #24

Our first time out on the playa together, my girlfriend and I stopped by this phone booth and made a couple of calls. And because we stopped, we saw the FSM camp next door, and a giant sign saying "Weddings Here", so we inquired. They offered us free rings and then announced our wedding over a loudspeaker. In 2 minutes we had an entire wedding party, complete with best man, an elder to give away the bride, 25+ guests…

so a pantomime of an actual wedding? what was her take on that? transient vows, transient friends , transient rings, a parody minister? Quite possibly the most Reddit experience I've ever heard of.

How is it even slighly related to Reddit? Might be you seeing your most hated website everywhere.

Re: Playa Phone

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Post by AlexeyBelov » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 5:36 AM UTC

kakacik wrote: post #225

louison11 wrote: post #178

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It's absolutely true. When you're there, there is no doubt it is absolutely the best place to be as far as party and creativity goes. That being said, it depends on what you're looking for in life. But the energy, time and investment that people put into this thing is absolutely mad. It doesn't compare to anything else that exists in the world, not even by a factor of 1:10. It's just insane. And there are also honest…

Dude, check Kumbh Mela before making outrageous statements. 70k is a family meeting in backyard in comparison. I get it, you dig it passionately and all the power to you, but a bit of modesty and/or world experience would only serve you well.

You're being needlessly condenscending, while _also_ not getting the point. Double negative points.