A plastic prank device that can be purchased on Amazon for $13.97 was the cause of the problem.

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  • DocMcStuffin@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Sounds like an annoyatron or a clone. A tiny device that randomly beeps with a time interval just long enough to be hard to find and annoying. They’ve been around for a couple decades.

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      2 months ago

      Once upon a time I wired up a tiny little audio mux and attached it to my boss’s speakers, along with a bluetooth receiver. I was able to use my phone to inject random Mario sound effects into his music stream all day.

      He was convinced he had a virus so he unplugged his audio from the computer, and to his surprise the speakers kept playing sounds sporadically.

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      2 months ago

      The good ones don’t even use the same time interval each time. They’re all over a minute or two, but sometimes like 5 or 6 minutes. They’re truly diabolical.

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        2 months ago

        I’ve seen ones that also have a photosensor so you can set it to only make noise if the lights are out.