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Re:Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do N... by wharvle on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @09:22AM (#38695820)
I sometimes start audibly breathing with headphones on. Something I never do without them. So I won’t wear them around others when I can avoid it.

That’s aside from tapping I might not realize is making noise with headphones on, or a particular motion in my chair that’s making it squeak and I don’t know it because headphones, et c.

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Re:Why do programmers need private offices with doors? (Do N... by alok99 on Tuesday December 19, 2023 @11:21AM (#38697540)
Loud breathing is one of my biggest concerns when wearing noise-cancelling headphones around others. Partly because I dislike hearing it from others and don't want to subject them to that, and partly because I don't want to sound like a smooth-brain mouth breather.
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