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I'm the guy who prefers to code all day in total silence - if I can hear a pin drop, even better. Noise distracts me, I can't understand how it can help anyone concentrate on anything.
That said, in noisy environments, I have put on headphones to listen to white noise to drown out ambient sounds like phones, conversations or music. That is, the kind that doesn't draw your attention and has no discernible repeating pattern.
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This is absolutely what I was going to post, minus the white noise (which I think is something I must try). 
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I found it effective to drown out distracting noises, but it's not a long term solution - it's really just a different kind of "annoying"...
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I find it impossible to get anything done if I put on music or whatever else. It's extremely distracting for me. 
Like another poster said, I do not understand how could it possibly be beneficial for others to concentrate on work.
"Real men drive manual transmission" - Rajesh.
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I usually put on my usual palylist of rock and metal, the subgenres depend heavily on my mood rather that what I'm doing.
Noise distractsme, but my usual playlist is... usual. Many songs are there since 10+ years. So it's both a easy, repeating and discernible pattern helping me cancel out the backgorund noise of the farking open space. Also I like it so my mood goes up.
Idevelop better with Power Metal - nothing better than marching music at 140-160 bpm with lyrical singing about you being a hero marching to fend off the evil demons invasion to get a rhythm in coding. And the solos... come on hearing Luca Turilli sweep picking like a freaking god of metal really gives oomph.
GCS d--- s-/++ a- C++++ U+++ P- L- E-- W++ N++ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t++ 5? X R++ tv-- b+ DI+++ D++ G e++>+++ h--- ++>+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
If you think 'goto' is evil, try writing an Assembly program without JMP. -- TNCaver
When I was six, there were no ones and zeroes - only zeroes. And not all of them worked. -- Ravi Bhavnani
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I need a constant volume level but I find music too distracting - good music grabs my total attention and bad music annoys the living daylights out of me.
Spoken word radio works best for me (Radio 4 here in the UK). Test Match Special works best of all.
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Disturbed
For me its more dependent on the length of time I plan to sit down. If it's for the long haul I usually go with some psychedelic trance or ambient music which I pick out from youtube.
If I'm in a pinch or working on a tougher nut to crack I go with more intense music. Disturbed and Static-x makes up the corner stone along with Pridogy and then an assortment of random music I've collected.
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I find that I focus the best and produce better code when listening to video game music of all things. It's quick paced, instrumental, and repetitive. The quick pace helps me to drive forward. Without lyrics, there is nothing else vying for the attention of the language parts of my brain besides the code. The repetitive part lends itself to looping, forever.
These are some of my usual haunts:
EoSD Hong Meiling's Theme: Shanghai Alice of Meiji 17
DDC Raiko's Theme: Primordial Beat ~ Pristine Beat
if (Object.DividedByZero == true) { Universe.Implode(); }
Meus ratio ex fortis machina. Simplicitatis de formae ac munus. -Foothill, 2016
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I think that Hanselman's presentation is fascinating!!!
Think all the new platforms you can use and target - virtually from anywhere...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
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Channel 9?
Is Hanselman the Dutch guy talking about cheese?
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Channel 9 is an MS video blog, I believe.
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Shh!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Is Hanselman the Dutch guy talking about cheese?
eDamn I believe! 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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I would have said "That's a gouda one!", but I know how it's pronounced*, so I won't.
* Pronounce the "g" like you're being strangled -- which is what should have been done to the buggers who invented the Dutch language.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I think he was Swiss anyway! 
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Sorry, but your proposition is full of holes.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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Mark_Wallace wrote: Sorry, but your proposition is full of holes.
I beg to differ but let's ask a 3rd party, Ricotta know if I'm right or wrong?
New version: WinHeist Version 2.2.2 Beta I told my psychiatrist that I was hearing voices in my head. He said you don't have a psychiatrist!
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Would living too close to the Yellowstone super volcano be the Er of the Calderas?
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If you're going to pun on caldera it's as well to verify how it's pronounced before you, you know, pronounce. 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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Careful; USians get snotty if you point out errors in their pronuncificationment.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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I don't think too many will get the reference.
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Anyone interested in live programme[^]?
.NET Core 1.0 is about to be released.
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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In the middle of Italy v Spain? Are you mad? Are they mad, come to that?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
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I won't watch football matches, I took the retirement statement by Lionel Messi a bit more seriously. So... This is what I may invest my time a bit more in. 
The sh*t I complain about
It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem
~! Firewall !~
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