Or an affordable busy.bar cause the hardware I used in this post is $35 ( https://www.adafruit.com/product/4800 )

I'd love to have a busy bar, but they seem expensive for what they do.

Can't you just get an OPEN/CLOSED sign for like $1?

Or write "BUSY" on a piece of paper and tape it to the back of your screen?

Or just tell who ever is bothering you to fuck off for five minutes

Or just keep a loaded gun on your desk as a deterrent

Or just stop working with other people and achieve enlightenment

First sane and real-world-based response, outside the typical "uhhh huh let's adress $issue with more tech" HN bubble.

That's how we know we're out of touch: we don't immediately reach for a firearm to solve our problems.

That last one is so underrated.

compare Olin Shivers: https://scsh.net/docu/html/man.html

Like any over techy way to display… a Boolean basically.

People have fun with what they like I guess, wondering if surgeons find ways to create busy bar using biological material or medical stuff.