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Hipster Sound – Coffee shop booster

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Re: Hipster Sound – Coffee shop booster

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Post by SyneRyder »

This is cool, but it's using so much CPU on my machine that I can't see myself using it often (Chrome 43 Mac, scrolling the page is jumping it to 40% & sometimes even 80% CPU).

Coffitivity does something similar as a Mac menubar app with minimal CPU use - or they used to, looks like they've gone mobile only now?

Love that you have a Berlin cafe in there, more of those please!

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Post by Untit1ed »

Love the idea of having unintelligible ambience in different languages.

I'm a little amused by the fact that no one seems to be talking in in the Berlin one. Makes me imagine stereotypical Germans staring straight ahead drinking their coffee as efficiently as possible.

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Post by stevoski »

For programming (or other work that involves intense logical thinking), nothing beats silence for my productivity.

Complete silence is, unfortunately, unachievable. But music of any genre, the buzz of people talking, a droning TV - all seem to interfere with my ability to concentrate on a hard problem.

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Post by axx »

I think there is a deeper Problem with our attention span and concentration ability when people need this type of "noise".

If people feel the need to hear "café noise", maybe it's just a sign of loneliness?

And if you need white/pink/whatever-noise, maybe your office should integrate some noise policies or try to reduce noise by giving offices to small teams of people.

I get that people use those audio streams and soundfiles to "shut off distractions", but to me, this is only a fix to a bigger problem.

Edit: Maybe someone should start beerbarsound.com, so you feel like you're out drinking with your friends, but in reality you're sitting at home/the office, working, without any friends.

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Post by comrh »

hauget wrote: post #5
comrh wrote: post #2

mynoise.net seems to have more features and sound. My "noise stack" when I'm really trying to concentrate is usually: pink noise + rain storm + c418 on spotify

Just discovered pink noise because of you and my mind is blown! It's very calming and hypnotic!

Brown noise (unrelated to the brown note...) seems to be really good at cancelling out background conversations if you're in a crowded office too.
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