Ask HN: Why don’t laptops beep loudly like cars when locking and unlocking?

1 points by amichail 28 days ago | 5 comments

Why are cars allowed to create noise pollution but laptops aren’t?

dlcarrier 28 days ago |

My car (a Toyota Celica) only beeps when I've pressed the lock button more than once. I presume the beep is there in case you can't see the car, and you want to verify it's locked.

It doesn't make a sound, when I use the key in the door lock.

zahlman 28 days ago |

When you lock your laptop, are you ever standing metres away in a noisy outdoor urban environment?

amichail 28 days ago | |

Why do you need to be standing meters away from your car when you lock or unlock it?

KetoManx64 28 days ago | | |

Honestly, this has to just be rage bait. You can't honestly not understand the difference between a car being in large parking lots and not being able to see if the door is locked or not by looking at it from the outside, compared to a laptop being in your office or on your lap and 0% of the time being in a pile of 500 other laptops.

vegnus 28 days ago |

My Thinkpad x201 does this