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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by skirmish on Wednesday October 19, 2022 @09:23PM (#33269829)
Indeed. I noticed my hearing was getting worse since in office I kept increasing music volume in (futile) attempts to block out chatterboxes at the next desk. Destroying your health is not worth whatever faster promotions in-office work promises.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by hkxer on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:40AM (#33271215)
Noise canceling headphones?
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by jjav on Thursday October 20, 2022 @02:49AM (#33271588)
Noise canceling headphones don't do anything against human voices, which is the noise problem in open offices.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by collyw on Thursday October 20, 2022 @10:39AM (#33275400)
Get some of the muffler things for building sites. One of my previous workspaces had a couple of these siting around.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by ManlyBread on Friday October 21, 2022 @03:49AM (#33285597)
That's not really something I'd consider to be a perk of that office...
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by ornornor on Thursday October 27, 2022 @01:23AM (#33353453)
A colleague of mine used them at a previous job.

I started wearing them too because they work well but also as a passive aggressive FU to whoever designed these open office floor plans (the ear protectors are usually bright colors like yellow so there is no mistaking them for headphones)

We’re treated like assembly line workers in more and more companies anyway so why not also start wearing the PPE that goes with it?

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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by beaugunderson on Sunday October 23, 2022 @11:29PM (#33312680)
I have a pair of Sony wh-1000xm3 and wh-1000xm5 and they definitely block out human voices, for me at least.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by sinancan2 on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @11:59AM (#33332376)
they may reduce it to some extent, but not completely block it.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by beaugunderson on Tuesday October 25, 2022 @04:29PM (#33335728)
As it was a statement of my experience, I will reiterate it to make it clearer--they do block outside voices for me, completely.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by quickthrower2 on Thursday October 20, 2022 @04:40AM (#33272179)
Some earplug and chuck white noise on top is what I did once. My issue is it is uncomfortable.
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Re:Ask HN: Why don't I see gold at the end of the remote wor... by MiddleEndian on Thursday October 20, 2022 @01:36PM (#33278026)
I've spent so much time wearing headphones in offices that I find headphones to be physically uncomfortable.
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