I made the ThinkPad nub moan.

Watch at your own discretion.

Also hi I'm on Mastodon now :) please drop a follow, this is my first post!

@wttdotm

Thank you ... Hugz

Hugz & xXx

@wttdotm I exclusively use the TrackPoint as a mouse. Nothing else.

Sometimes call it "the nipple". Never thought someone would one day take it literally.

Welcome.

@cymaphore @wttdotm I've heard it referred to as a "clitmouse" for at least as long as I've had a ThinkPad, and I got my first one when they were still manufactured by IBM.
@womble @cymaphore @wttdotm Lucky you! Mine was still branded IBM, burt manufactured by Lenovo... T43s (dead now)
@womble @cymaphore @wttdotm But when the keyboard broke because beer, they didn't ask questions, and just sent a new keyboard for free "If you wish, you can send your old keyboard"
@womble @cymaphore @wttdotm Of course I didn't, didn't want them to find out the cause of damage (friend making wild moves while at the bar)
@cymaphore @wttdotm I call it the nipple, too. 🤭
@wttdotm uncomfortably hilarious.
@wttdotm Best use of a StinkPad I've ever seen.
@wttdotm This is gonna make return to office a lot more fun.

@wttdotm this is terrible, I love it

I made something similarly awful at https://nnnoise.com

NNNOISE

Some noises are soothing. These are not.

@aaadaaam lmaoooo thanks I love and hate this
@wttdotm Does it still control the mouse too? or does it only moan now
@lent it still controls the mouse. in fact, the normal trackpad won't trigger it either, only the nub.
@wttdotm Is there a gist or something?
@carsten full source code (minus moan .wavs) at https://github.com/wttdotm/nubmoan
GitHub - wttdotm/nubmoan

Contribute to wttdotm/nubmoan development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@wttdotm Great. Thanks. Now I see, it's windows only...
@wttdotm I'm glad I watch the video on my mobile phone and not my thinkpad or they would have leaked ram
@wttdotm omg lol!!!! sfdjkshgksjdhgksjdfghsdf

@wttdotm

Would be so much fun to install as a prank on someone else's laptop!

Or let someone use your laptop to give a presentation.

Also, recording the moans yourself was quite a nice touch.

@WDTPW Wouldn't that be a sexual harrasment lawsuit waiting to happen?

@wttdotm

@wonka @wttdotm

I don't think laptops are allowed to sue you.

@WDTPW not yet, I'd reckon. But with Alexa?

@wonka @wttdotm

@WDTPW What about the "someone else" you pranked?

@wttdotm

@wonka @WDTPW @wttdotm that's the thing about pranks, they are only funny if the victim genuinely thinks it's funny, so this shouldn't be a problem unless you choose your target poorly. Only suitable for friends with enough shared history to be confident it won't offend.
@WDTPW @wttdotm I am absolutely torn up in internal conflict if this is the funniest prank ever to do to an unlocked laptop, or if I should physically drag your ass to HR right there and then whilst calling legal to draw up an harassment case. 😆
@WDTPW thanks, I thought a lot abt it and figured recording my own was still somehow the least weird / most ethical option (though it is odd that some comments have asked for them to be added to the github LMAO)
@wttdotm @Gargron does it still control the mouse?

@wttdotm Cool first post 😋

re: I'm on Mastodon now

1. out of curiosity, is that a move _away_ from tw/ig, or just yet another clone of you here in the Fediverse?

2. you'll probably want to add a  link on https://wttdotm.com/

3. if you add 2. as <a rel="me"> that will make your account "verified" (and green)

Cheers,
and welcome!

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<a rel="me" href="https://mastodon.social/@wttdotm">mn</a>

WTTDOTM - Morry Kolman

@politipet
1. not moving away from the other plats (gotta leverage as many as possible to promote my work) but idk if I'd say clone, more of another presence and hopefully a new community

2 & 3. will do!!

@wttdotm re 1. ah ok, I get it now, and you're right, not "clone". The reason I used "clone" is I thought that, should you be not moving away from tw, you'd probably be better off just cross-posting from tw. But I was wrong, and you'll be here for real, cool! I wish you plenty of new friends!
@wttdotm SORRY YOU SAID YOU RECORDED THEM ALL YOURSELF?
@pinapelz yeah I think it was the least weird / most ethical option. what am I gonna do, rip someone ELSE's moans? even weirder.
@wttdotm True. I'm just uhh very impressed with your dedication and the result. Great work!
@wttdotm OK ok here is me following you. You've e-heeaaaaaorned it
@wttdotm I don’t know what I’d do with this but I’d love one with farts    
@wttdotm The spacial audio in my AirPods that I guess the Ivory client for Mastodon supports caught me so off guard with this I thought everyone in my office heard the moans
@BmeBenji LMAOOOOO well if you want to know a secret about the video, my iphone is pretty shit at capturing the thinkpad speakers, so I synced an audio overlay w/the original wav files for the moans that played in the editing for the video, which is why they sound a bit more universal
@wttdotm so cool 🤪😉😁😂😂😂
@wttdotm when AI takes over all the software engineering jobs this kind of thing will be all that is left for us to do. I think you are ahead of the curve. This is genius!
@bobonthenet thank you!!! I try 💁‍♀️
@thinkpadmuseum: Look at this hilarious #thinkpad related posting by @wttdotm!
@xtaran @wttdotm Funny idea! Thinking about giving this thing a couple of duck sounds ;D
@thinkpadmuseum @wttdotm: Combine that with https://github.com/zevv/bucklespring (e.g. via https://packages.debian.org/stable/bucklespring) and you are guaranteed to annoy anyone in the same room. 😁
GitHub - zevv/bucklespring: Nostalgia bucklespring keyboard sound

Nostalgia bucklespring keyboard sound. Contribute to zevv/bucklespring development by creating an account on GitHub.

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@wttdotm next: screaming, intensifying with cpu load.
@wttdotm Welcome to Mastodon! I saw you at WordHack last week!! Not doing this!!!
@jmac yeah! only so many things I can present at open projector lol