crysknife007
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24:00:01 · 5M views · Oct 11, 2011
A 24-hour loop of Star Trek TNG starship engine ambience, meant as background sound for relaxing, sleeping or concentrating.
HN people use it as background noise for coding and focus, and share it as a personal favorite.
7 comments from Hacker News
I listen to this whilst surfing the web: [LINK] Also handy: [LINK] [LINK] This is a personal favorite too - Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs): this video Personally, whilst coding, I enjoy absolute terrifying silence.
Having this on in the background compliments it ("Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise (Idling for 24 hrs)"): this video Alternatively to mix BSG into it: [LINK]
If you like those you might also like the star ship Enterprise idling, for 24hrs... for a more futuristic spin (haha!) on things. this video
I just listen to the Star Trek TNG Ambient Engine Noise[1] if I'm coding or trying to focus. [1] this video
I really enjoy working in an open plan office. The distractions don't really bother me and I appreciate the energy level going around. I obviously use headphones to cancel out noise when I need to focus, sometimes just playing white noise tracks or no sound at all ( this video is a personal favorite). Having a heavy distraction-oriented work flow forces you into a mode where you segment your tasks as atomically as possible, for example using the pomodoro technique. There are certainly times when a quiet space is necessary, and I will retreat away from my desk to a library or quiet corner where I'm not near people. I wonder how much of this is because I am young (24). My generation has grown up bombarded by distractions. So much so, in fact, that I find that there are equally many distractions inside of my computer as there are coming from the office plan.