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    1366 points aleksi | 14 comments | 14 Oct 24 15:19 UTC | HN request time: 0.609s | source | bottom
    1. sureIy ◴[14 Oct 24 15:57 UTC] No.41838740[source]▶
    Does this really beat a printed BUSY clipart taped to my screen? It's far from the first product I see like this and the question is always the same.
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    2. loloquwowndueo ◴[14 Oct 24 15:59 UTC] No.41838760[source]▶
    It does cover people interrupting you to ask “ok but how long will you be busy?” :) unless you want to replace your taped clip art every minute or so.
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    3. qmarchi ◴[14 Oct 24 16:04 UTC] No.41838831[source]▶
    You can set your clipart to an end time rather than a count down. "Busy until 16:00"
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    4. michaelmior ◴[14 Oct 24 16:08 UTC] No.41838869[source]▶
    You can also have this update your status on Slack or whatever other relevant platforms support such updates.
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    5. dailykoder ◴[14 Oct 24 16:08 UTC] No.41838875[source]▶
    For some people, maybe. For most people not.

    To me it looks like a very slick, hacker gadget built from a very enthusiastic person. Good finish and highly over-engineered. For me, as a user, it'd be too expensive, but my hacker soul could imagine building something like that too.

    Nice product, but at that price point probably not for a big audience

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    6. owlglass ◴[14 Oct 24 16:14 UTC] No.41838931[source]▶
    The 'Status' in the product name has two meanings, with the second being the standing conveyed by being able to shell out $189 for a pomodoro timer.
    7. echoangle ◴[14 Oct 24 16:19 UTC] No.41838996[source]▶
    At this price, you can get a second Monitor facing outward and display how long you’ll be busy on that. In fact, you can get 2 monitors and another computer and have some change left. This is a cool product, especially design-wise, but there are much cheaper solution for this very small problem.
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    8. loloquwowndueo ◴[14 Oct 24 16:34 UTC] No.41839124{3}[source]▶
    Clever! Thanks you just saved me 200 bucks :)
    9. sureIy ◴[14 Oct 24 16:42 UTC] No.41839240[source]▶
    If you're frequently on call I guess it's a cool product, but then again nothing a red ON AIR light can't do for a fraction of the price.
    10. Eric_WVGG ◴[14 Oct 24 16:47 UTC] No.41839275[source]▶
    can't things just be fun
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    11. felideon ◴[14 Oct 24 16:52 UTC] No.41839337{3}[source]▶
    Good point. I finally know what to do with the old iPads my kids don't use anymore.
    12. 0cf8612b2e1e ◴[14 Oct 24 16:59 UTC] No.41839405[source]▶
    I recall seeing little USB lights on Amazon that accomplished the same thing for $30. Turn red when your calendar/webcam is active, green when free. Of course, I would be suspicious of the software integration privacy, but different problem.
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    13. hyperhopper ◴[14 Oct 24 18:43 UTC] No.41840536[source]▶
    Not for $189
    14. danpalmer ◴[14 Oct 24 22:42 UTC] No.41842949[source]▶
    That's one of many features listed on this page, and they say there's an API for it suggesting that many more features are possible. I wouldn't expect every feature to be for everyone.