• innermeerkat@piefed.social
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      11 days ago

      Sir, I’m impressed. Are you a sound effects artist in real life?

      Do you, by any chance, take requests? I’d like to hear again the sounds of old modems dialing.

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        I can help.

        Eeeeee-uh uaaahhhh uaaah eeeeeeeeeeeeeeuhaaaaaaa dangadanga kssshhhhhhh SSSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHH eeuuuuuUUUUAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHAH SSSSSSSSSSHHHHHHH

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          I know because I used to work on a help desk and if someone called about their fax being down I would call the line to see if I needed to send it to the phone team or the printer team.

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        Boooooooooooooooooo-Boop-beep-beep-beep-boop-boop-boop-beep-boop-beep-boop.

        Ba-deep.

        Ba-deep.

        Ba-deep.

        Deeeee-deeeee-deeeee-squaaaa-duuudeduuuuudeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee-eeeeeee-eeeee-~BAAAAA~FRLAGHLAGRAHHAAAAAAAAAAAA-AAAAA-AAAAAAAAA^shkaaa-eeeeeeeeee

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    AFAIK they did that because of GSM interference and the phenomenon mostly disappeared not because those cheap little speakers are mostly extinct, but because the technology used by cell phones changed. In fact, GSM is being phased out in most countries.

    • TheEmpireStrikesDak@thelemmy.club
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      I have an ancient clock radio and it still goes off if my phone is close enough.

      I like that as I hate unexpected calls, so it’s nice to get a heads up.

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    11 days ago

    My parents recently got a new wired telephone at their home. It announces on the display that a call is coming in, but only starts ringing a second later.

    I would love to know why that was deemed a good design decision.

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      That’s good for office work, the constant ringing gets annoying and when sitting behind the desk, you’re going to see the display light up anyhow. But yes, those settings shouldn’t be used for a house phone, I wouldn’t be surprised if that telecom company uses the same standard install for small businesses and households.