Show HN: Make your Framework 12 sound like a creaky door

(github.com)

84 points | by arcaege 12 hours ago ago

14 comments

  • thenthenthen 2 hours ago ago

    On mac you can (could?) use the ambient light sensor to achieve something similar, proof of concept here (osx < 10.5 haha): https://git.vvvvvvaria.org/then/squeeky-laptop

    Demo: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pzJwDs6KRXA&ra=m

    iirc there is also a imu in some macbooks to detect a fall and park the hdd heads before the crash? Anyway, always happy to see toys like this!

    • LoganDark 4 minutes ago ago

      Newer MacBooks have IMUs as well for the movement dots feature (used to help with screen sickness in vehicles)

  • embedding-shape 9 hours ago ago

    That's really fun and cool! :) I was hoping the sound would also be sped up/down (or change of pitch perhaps would work better) as you moved the hinge faster/slower, so you could do that really slow "tack-tack-tack" sound like when you move a really heavy door on a worn hinge really slow

    • fwipsy 6 hours ago ago

      > pitch depends on position of hinge > volume depends on how fast you adjust it

      Yeah, I had the same thought - in all the creaky doors I've seen, pitch and speed go together.

      • arcaege 15 minutes ago ago

        Yes I did test that too! It seemed to sound a little nicer this way though, more cartoonish

  • artisinal 3 hours ago ago

    Awesome. This reminds me of the fun apps we had when the MacBook and iPhone got released.

  • faeyanpiraat 11 hours ago ago
  • cadamsdotcom 3 hours ago ago

    Very cool. Could make it be higher pitch & louder when closed faster :)

  • jedbrooke 6 hours ago ago

    from the readme:

    > the filtering is optimised for framework 12's hinge stiffness.

    never in a million years would I expect to have to optimize software for a given hinge stiffness, this made me chuckle just reading it

    also:

    > why

    > funny

    I like that :)

  • 1bpp 11 hours ago ago

    It finally feels premium. This is really funny

  • bitwize 5 hours ago ago

    I'm reminded of the hacks for old ThinkPads that read the accelerometer used to detect drops and park the disk heads; by slapping the machine on either side, you could switch to the next or previous desktop.

  • eikenberry 7 hours ago ago

    Are you running MacOS on your Framework?

    • catgirlinspace 2 hours ago ago

      It looks like Fedora. Did you visit the wrong link?

  • DonHopkins 8 hours ago ago

    The Whoopie Laptop