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

rozhok 8y ago
>just missing loud audio feedback loops I've got one! This is absolutely awesome piece of art. I've worked at the BigCo for the 7 years (switched to startup a 3 years ago) and this site turned me on so much nostalgia.
redisman 8y ago
And people starting to speak at the same time and stopping multiple times due to a few seconds of lag
- ballenf 8y ago
  There's definitely both of these items if you listen long enough.
  - JohnWilcox 8y ago
    "...if you listen long enough." O__O That much conference call purgatory is not healthy
CoolGuySteve 8y ago
Also no mystery heavy breather/loud typer.
- keketi 8y ago
  What about the guy who speaks his native language in a dialect that nobody can understand. And then there's the non-native speaker...
- jachee 8y ago
  Mine had a Loud Typer, and someone called on them to mute out. Just like IRL.
  - TeMPOraL 8y ago
    We have a guy with a mechanical keyboard on the team. After a while people just started muting him in Hangouts. It's not even the mechanical keyboard itself that's the problem, but the way it interacts with whatever noise-filtering algorithms Hangouts runs.
    - dharmab 8y ago
      I love mechs. I hate that no business VoIP app has push-to-talk. I keep having to switch windows to unmute, talk, and mute myself.
      - qmr 8y ago
        > I love mechs. Your office neighbors do not.
        dharmab 8y ago
        Nobody minds since we're in an open office anyway so everyone has to wear headphones to block all noise to get any serious work done. Or, y'know, we work from home.
      - TeMPOraL 8y ago
        I'm growing to like them too; I'm not using one right now, because of issues on my Linux desktop (my xmodmap settings keep resetting every couple minutes), but maybe one day I'll buy a better one or solve the problem with the (cheap) one I have.
      - hadlock 8y ago
        I would pay extra for this feature. We used to use Mumble for voice chat before hangouts was a thing, push-to-talk is the best.
      - clusmore 8y ago
        You should consider getting a headset that has a physical mute button on it.
- duxup 8y ago
  And heavy breather who despite everyone trying to get their attention..... they clearly are not paying attention ... but will be the first person to send a stupid email after the call.
AdmiralAsshat 8y ago
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 EXTENSION X-X-X-X IS NOT AVAILABLE."
- volkadav 8y ago
  That's kind of a weird thing to shout on a conf call; I tend to go with "WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!" ;D
closeparen 8y ago
Also missing Zoom audio artifacts.

>just missing loud audio feedback loops I've got one! This is absolutely awesome piece of art. I've worked at the BigCo for the 7 years (switched to startup a 3 years ago) and this site turned me on so much nostalgia.

redisman 8y ago

And people starting to speak at the same time and stopping multiple times due to a few seconds of lag

ballenf 8y ago
There's definitely both of these items if you listen long enough.
- JohnWilcox 8y ago
  "...if you listen long enough." O__O That much conference call purgatory is not healthy

CoolGuySteve 8y ago

Also no mystery heavy breather/loud typer.

keketi 8y ago
What about the guy who speaks his native language in a dialect that nobody can understand. And then there's the non-native speaker...
jachee 8y ago
Mine had a Loud Typer, and someone called on them to mute out. Just like IRL.
- TeMPOraL 8y ago
  We have a guy with a mechanical keyboard on the team. After a while people just started muting him in Hangouts. It's not even the mechanical keyboard itself that's the problem, but the way it interacts with whatever noise-filtering algorithms Hangouts runs.
  - dharmab 8y ago
    I love mechs. I hate that no business VoIP app has push-to-talk. I keep having to switch windows to unmute, talk, and mute myself.
    - qmr 8y ago
      > I love mechs. Your office neighbors do not.
      - dharmab 8y ago
        Nobody minds since we're in an open office anyway so everyone has to wear headphones to block all noise to get any serious work done. Or, y'know, we work from home.
    - TeMPOraL 8y ago
      I'm growing to like them too; I'm not using one right now, because of issues on my Linux desktop (my xmodmap settings keep resetting every couple minutes), but maybe one day I'll buy a better one or solve the problem with the (cheap) one I have.
    - hadlock 8y ago
      I would pay extra for this feature. We used to use Mumble for voice chat before hangouts was a thing, push-to-talk is the best.
    - clusmore 8y ago
      You should consider getting a headset that has a physical mute button on it.
duxup 8y ago
And heavy breather who despite everyone trying to get their attention..... they clearly are not paying attention ... but will be the first person to send a stupid email after the call.

AdmiralAsshat 8y ago

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 EXTENSION X-X-X-X IS NOT AVAILABLE."

volkadav 8y ago
That's kind of a weird thing to shout on a conf call; I tend to go with "WORKERS OF THE WORLD UNITE!" ;D

closeparen 8y ago

Also missing Zoom audio artifacts.