Comment on It would have been really funny if a video game ejected the disk if you lost too many times

• TheOakTree@lemmy.zip ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  It’s not as common now, but lots of desktop computers used to have little piezoelectric speakers that would beep to indicate error codes or catastrophic failure.

  They’re called speakers but they’re only good for buzzing at different frequencies instead of accurately replicating source audio. Interestingly they can be used quite effectively to make ultrasound signals.

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  • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.org ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    Well I knew about that, but how does it mess with people any better than the default audio sink?

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    • TheOakTree@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      Only because the average user would have no clue how to find and disconnect the piezo speaker, assuming they even know about it. And, of course, it’s a lot more distracting than sound coming though someone headphones or whatnot.

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