[HN Gopher] Automated shusher keeps conference loudmouths in line
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Automated shusher keeps conference loudmouths in line
Author : gumby
Score : 34 points
Date : 2023-04-14 13:32 UTC (9 hours ago)
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| astockwell wrote:
| My years on this blue ball have repeatedly taught me that
| technical solutions meant to "correct" human interpersonal
| problems don't usually work out how they're intended. They
| initially _work_, but humans rebel against them and the problem
| ends up compounded. Reminds me of traffic cameras.
| halfnormalform wrote:
| On the Log Ride at Knott's Berry Farm they have infrared light
| beams above the log flume that trigger a loud pre-recorded "Sit
| down!" message if you raise your hands up too high.
|
| It was so much fun in Jr High to try and set them all off.
| frebord wrote:
| Makes me think of the digital speed limit signs that start to
| flash red and blue when you hit 10 mph over the limit. Like
| of course every 16 year old kid ever is trying to make them
| flash red and blue and also me at 32.
| sixstringtheory wrote:
| I especially like do that on my road bike!
| Veen wrote:
| In the UK, we have signs that show a happy face when you're
| under the limit and an angry face when you're over. It's
| hard to resist the temptation to go a little over to make
| it frown.
| closewith wrote:
| In Ireland, they used to show the actual value in
| flashing red when speeding, but getting the "highest
| score" became a goal amongst the youth, so now they just
| say "TOO FAST" when more than 10km/h over the limit.
| toast0 wrote:
| If you do it enough, the attendant yells at you over the PA,
| as I recall.
|
| Sadly, they got rid of the box car racers elsewhere :(
| yowzadave wrote:
| What's the problem with traffic cameras? They seem fairer and
| more effective than discretionary police enforcement.
| peyton wrote:
| The goal is safety, not effective enforcement. Cameras have
| increased accidents in many areas.
| JoeAltmaier wrote:
| That seems an exceptional claim. Where I live folks obeyed
| the speed limit scrupulously where traffic cameras were in
| use. That has to reduce accidents, as expected?
| SoftTalker wrote:
| Any road has a "natural" speed that ~80% of drivers will
| drive at if not otherwise restricted. If you limit the
| speed below that, you have a lot of annoyed, frustrated
| drivers and that is a recipe for more road rage and
| accidents.
| SketchySeaBeast wrote:
| My objection to that is that the "natural" speed may not
| be taking into account unexpected conditions. For
| example, it may drive by a school or playground and the
| speed limit is there because of the danger of children
| running out. The "natural" speed isn't going to take that
| into account.
| IceyEC wrote:
| The correct solution here is road engineering so that the
| natural speed of the road is slower, rather than
| artificially slowing down traffic via a posted limit.
| This can be done by adding curves or thinning the road
| version_five wrote:
| Hes probably talking about cities shortening yellow
| lights after they install red light cameras to make more
| people into "offenders" and cause accidents as a side
| effect
|
| https://ww2.motorists.org/blog/6-cities-that-were-caught-
| sho...
|
| https://www.salon.com/2017/04/05/this-may-have-happened-
| to-y...
| JoeAltmaier wrote:
| Ah. We only have speed cameras.
| treeman79 wrote:
| https://nypost.com/2012/10/08/citys-gotcha-traffic-
| cameras-u...
|
| Lots of stories of yellow light being shortened to create
| more tickets.
|
| They are a revenue source for a city above all else.
| amadeuspagel wrote:
| Maybe cities should explicitly charge for using roads
| instead: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Congestion_pricing
| [deleted]
| Buttons840 wrote:
| I've had a related idea. I'd like it if political debates allowed
| the candidates to talk to each other directly more, and I want a
| timer above each candidate that shows how long they have been
| talking and an interruption counter. This way, if one politician
| frequently interrupts or talks more than their fair share it will
| become obvious to both them and the viewers.
|
| Of course, this will probably never happen for several reasons.
| And political debates don't often change people's minds, but they
| are good theater -- actually, something like this would add the
| the theatrical nature, so maybe there's some slim chance it could
| happen.
| amadeuspagel wrote:
| I think it would be fun to have a debate using a chess clock.
| Last time I researched this there was some podcast were two
| people did this, but of course if two people already know and
| like each other the chess clock isn't necessary.
| TheRealPomax wrote:
| It'd be even cooler with _several_ microphones and a parabolic
| speaker so that it can actually shush only the offenders, with
| most of the rest of the audience left blissfully unshushed.
| gumby wrote:
| I wonder if the public shaming of one person by the machine
| will encourage the others to be more reserved. And I wonder if
| that would be a good or bad thing.
| TheRealPomax wrote:
| nice thing about a parabolic speaker: just put it on a gimbal
| and yell at everyone who needs it. People who don't talk
| during a conference talk don't need discouraging.
| nealabq wrote:
| In conference/zoom calls I'd like a slider to express my boredom-
| to-fascination level. And I'd like the average value prominently
| displayed, to discourage droning -- the scourge of meetings.
|
| I'm talking about status/discussion/brainstorm meetings. Not
| presentations, altho maybe they could also use some kind of
| feedback mechanism.
| fellowniusmonk wrote:
| It would be great if once a certain threshold of people were
| interested vs bored it would automatically kick out all the
| bored people into a different room.
|
| In highschool I moved to a place where if you weren't talking
| about people magazine gossip or football no one was interested,
| I'd like to know who those people are in my remote org/club,
| etc.
| silentdissenter wrote:
| Sort of like these:
| https://www.reddit.com/r/nostalgia/comments/rac674/traffic_l...
| krisoft wrote:
| But wouldn't that also shush the presenter?
| gumby wrote:
| Wouldn't that be good? Sometimes I talk too much in my own
| meetings.
| krisoft wrote:
| > Sometimes I talk too much in my own meetings.
|
| That is a problem indeed, but this doesn't solve that. You
| can talk as much as you want as long as the volume is low
| enough.
| standardUser wrote:
| It always seems the people with strange noises in the background,
| or audible phone alerts, or making comments to their pets, or
| chiming in when someone else is talking, are usually a boss.
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