Conference call simulator • Hacker News Board

AdmiralAsshat wrote: post #44

flipp3r wrote: post #15

Almost real, it's just missing loud audio feedback loops.

And that inevitable callback that goes to the attendee's voicemail instead. A good number of "Training" videos at my work are recorded meetings / webinars in which someone demonstrated a skill or walked through an issue. I've watched maybe 40 of these archived videos so far. There is not a single one that does not have the meeting eventually brought to an abrupt halt when an attendee starts shouting "MAILBOX OF EXTEN…

That's kind of a weird thing to shout on a conf call; I tend to go with "WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!" ;D

Re: Conference call simulator

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Post by jachee » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 9:07 PM UTC

csours wrote: post #42

Me: [finishes summarizing work items x,y,z] PM: Ok, thanks, so could we just get an update on work items x,y,z Me: ... --- I'm not mad. I'm just disappointed ... and mad. I assume he heard parts of what I was saying and it triggered some rudimentary pattern recognition in his brain stem that remembered he was interested in x, y, and z.

"Sorry, was I on mute?"

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Post by jachee » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 9:08 PM UTC

CoolGuySteve wrote: post #33

flipp3r wrote: post #15

Almost real, it's just missing loud audio feedback loops.

Also no mystery heavy breather/loud typer.

Mine had a Loud Typer, and someone called on them to mute out. Just like IRL.

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Post by anonu » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 9:09 PM UTC

I feel like this would be good visual art display at the MoMA.. you know the videos that play endlessly in some dark room behind a black curtain...

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Post by hypertexthero » Wed, Aug 29, 2018, 9:12 PM UTC

noelwelsh wrote: post #28

loudandskittish wrote: post #11

I've seen this before and still can't figure out if it's an ad or a Godspeed You Black Emperor song.

Not enough guitars for Godspeed, I reckon, but it definitely deserves a place alongside "Telephone and Rubber Band" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RWZ4pve5Mkc ) and "Opus Number 1" ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqB8v14U_zs ). Any other good telephone related tracks?