Sentences with phrase «to noise»

Do you find it difficult to concentrate in a room filled with noise?

«After just five minutes of walking past million - dollar booths, we realized that we had no chance of getting through the noise,» says Ubooly co-founder Carly Gloge.

«We banged some pots and pans together, made some noise, got the word out.

One example is the flaring of wells, which is a source of air, noise and light pollution, and has decreased dramatically in recent years.

While there's no shortage of political back - and - forth on Facebook and Twitter, Brigade wants to be a different sort of forum, one that privileges substances and action over noise.

Business News is breaking through the white noise of the daily news cycle to offer a new service providing people with the information they want, when and where they want it, and, most importantly, in the format that best suits them.

But strategic leaders understand how to separate the signal from the noise, and corporate executives I talk to are far more interested in the macro trends that will impact the global economy — and their companies — throughout 2018 and beyond.

For example, a user can opt to receive a text message every time a security camera detects a loud noise (like breaking glass) in their home.

On the rare occasion when some sort of partition becomes necessary (for example, to delineate a conference room) the favored material is clear glass that may block noise but does not obscure vision.

Calling it the «privacy paradox,» University of Michigan School of Information professor Cliff Lamp says in studying social computing he has found that people make a lot of noise when it comes to privacy, but push concerns aside in favor of convenience.

Back in 2005 the China Offshore Oil Company, or CNOOC, got burned when U.S. lawmakers made noises to block its US$ 18.5 - billion takeover of integrated Unocal Oil Company, eventually bought by Chevron.

As for the noise, it raises a few questions.

It clears my head and provides space to do some real reflection and thinking without the distractions and noise of the world around me.»

A recent study in Sweden titled «The relation between office type and workplace conflict: A gender and noise perspective» and published in the Journal of Environmental Psychology, looked at the data of 5,229 employees who participated in the Swedish Longitudinal Occupational Survey of Health.

The «alert» honk is the shortest tap possible and the «attention» honk is held for about a second; anything longer is providing your opinion, which increases the chance of a road rage incident and adds to noise pollution.

And while the Internet allows even one - person operations to compete for business against multinationals, it's still easy to get lost amid all the noise.

Not only could that be a big intrusion on the neighborhood but if the driver wants an early 3 a.m. start, that's a lot of noise in the middle of night.

But it can be easy to get distracted by all the noise or wallow in negative projections.

There's essentially a lot of noise in the system.»

Economically, this is just noise in the background,» he said.

«It's surprising how fast people are able to tune out the incidental noise,» he says.

Having that quiet, more private space to pitch a customer or an investor helps cut through all the noise and puts the attention and focus on you and your startup.

Flying from Boston to Charlotte in an exit row seat next to the window, he heard an unusual grinding noise early in the flight, and noticed the fuselage becoming steadily warmer.

Harper dismissed the noise as the work of American environmentalists.

Thurston: Nate Silver just came out with The Signal and the Noise.

Don't let the noise of others» opinions drown out your own inner voice.

«The noise is all over the place,» Paluri said regarding the Instagram photos with inaccurate descriptions.

I find them noise, not signal.

«I edit the substance of the interview to clean up any background noise, remove filler words like «um» and «you know,» and generally tighten things up a bit,» O'Shea Gorgone says.

While many other companies make their own active noise cancelling headphones, Bose remains the gold standard.

User engagement on Twitter is stalling as users seek platforms that aren't clogged with trolling, harassment and vindictive noise

Oppenheimer's top strategist John Stoltzfus urges investors to concentrate on fundamentals instead of the noise.

Russia is certainly cognizant of this fact, and has occasionally made (not very well thought - through) noises about setting up its own internet infrastructure, in order to mitigate the threat posed by western states to Russian websites.

Since the original QuietComforts, the Bose noise - cancelling line has gotten even better with each iteration.

It's up to you to filter through the so - called noise.

There were no noise complaints, and they seemed to be perfect tenants.

Bose has basically perfected the noise - cancellation, which performs almost flawlessly.

The only time I've noticed the noise - cancellation having trouble is when there's air blowing directly on the ambient noise microphones, like wind, or from an overhead vent on an airplane.

You could go through the painstaking process of completely reinventing your brand only to find out you've subconsciously rebranded in a way that makes you blend into the industry noise.

On top of things like people chatting and rattling service carts, engine noise levels inside the cabin can be as loud as 85 dB at cruising altitude — that's nearing levels that can be dangerous with extended exposure.

You can also use the headphones with the wire — though without the active noise cancellation — if the battery runs out.

Striking the right balance between keeping colleagues in the loop and inundating them with noise is difficult, and many companies are struggling to keep on the same page as communication technology multiplies.

In the late»90s, I got my first computer with a modem, and within a few chirps, beeps and other strange noises, I was blazing across the internet at 14.4 k speed.

But on the field, all of that will just be background noise.

If you're a worker, try to access a noise - proof location every now and again when you need space to focus, and if you're in a management position, try to find ways of offering your employees that space when they need it.

This is why there are now tighter regulations on supplying protective equipment such as ear plugs or noise cancelers, goggles, gloves and even full body suits.

In a research paper on the project, Facebook researchers said that by using WordNet, the company was able to group common hashtags with each other to cut down on the noise.

The Telepgraph's Josephine Fairley described them, as many do, as lacking in privacy, leading to noise spreading across the office and dissolving productivity through distraction.

One of Canada's youngest CEOs is helping advertisers cut through the noise to reach consumers at the right moment

I have version one and have never missed a noise - cancellation control feature, so unless you rely on Google Assistant, I'd suggest saving the money and going for the earlier model.