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shmuelix
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Show HN: Coding.fm - Raining.fm for coders
how geeks sounds.. i think this is pretty cool.. maybe you can also add the sound of bits moving around ;-)
ConstantineXVI
on Aug 29, 2012
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cat /dev/random > /dev/dsp
Not necessarily the most pleasant sound. [Linux only AFAIK]
philsnow
on Aug 29, 2012
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For this exercise, /dev/urandom might be better; reading /dev/random will block after the system's entropy pool is exhausted, right?
ConstantineXVI
on Aug 29, 2012
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I'd consider it unlikely most reasonably sane people would actually want to pump random data out their speakers for any significant amount of time.
valceder
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hmmm... how would I make the sound of bits moving around... would probably end up sounding like rain!
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