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The opposite would be nice too. Silence specifically this source (probably not your partner, though maybe....)

Every teen's dream of muting their yakking mother would finally come true.

I would be happy with ANC with a doorbell passthrough. Missed a few package deliveries this way. But maybe that could also be achieved with a desktop notification.

you can enable doorbell sound notification in Android

You can also do this on iOS and iPadOS as well as AVP with support for training custom sound recognition.

https://support.apple.com/guide/iphone/use-sound-recognition...

"Just block or mute their account, eh.." would be carried to a whole new level - in actual life!

This is close to a Black Mirror episode. Z-Eyes anyone? Z-Ears?

Black Mirror was a documentary.

Most episodes are just slightly more invasive and unrealistic versions of technology we have had for ages rather than the usual "they saw the future".

I think you are being too dismissive.

We watch ads, not by force, but voluntarily for free services or currencies in mobile games. Politicians can do basically whatever they want. We have cameras and even glasses that record everything we do. V-Tubers are more popular by the minute. People get blackmailed for their online activities, wrong as they might be. Kids walk around with parent-forced app's to track their location and online life. Robot dogs are being sold to the public and being used by the military. People care more about filming something or the documentary than the event itself.

Just to nitpick one point, I personally think we've passed the peak of popularity for vtubers and it will settle down to a slightly lower level. Having been one myself, I've seen the other side and I think a combination of lockdown and the launch of Holo-EN made a lot of people try it, before realising it didn't work for them

Yes. These aren't new concepts that sprung up after Black Mirror.

If I'm being dismissive it's because these things can be dismissed as revolutionary.

Haha yeah that would certainly be useful in some situations xD

lol. My partner and I share a home office and I've worn ear plugs + my range headphones (or my bose 700s) and I can still hear her clacking away and talking on meetings. I'm sure I'm some kind of spaz but god I wish I had something that could completely mute all sounds except my rain sounds. lol

You want iems. The same kind of earphones musicians wear on sets. The cons is that they can be uncomfortable for long periods. I’m right next to a night club and I’m glad I have a pair lying around.

Thank you, I'll check these out. I'm willing to pay a pretty penny at this point.

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