[tde-users] Re: Reliably play a sound without disrupting the screen? [offtopic]

On Saturday 19 November 2022 12:03:46 Dr. Nikolaus Klepp wrote: Who you calling "young"? I will be 65 in a few months, though I still feel about age 17 or so; however, I find that I now have a hard time determining the ages of people between about 15-50 years, as they all look like children to me. I keep an old ZTE Blackberry-type phone that I still use for some tasks, such as alarms. If I had my druthers, I'd stick with a landline and no snooper device at all, but it is obvious that people are being herded into using smartphones, and there is no escape for some things. (Some jobs require a smartphone, and many services here in the US are available only for smartphone users.) Instead of pleading ignorance of the new technology (and then to fend off well-meaning do-gooders, or get me branded as a heretic by the new tech-loving Inquisition, I believe that it's better to know enough about the new stuff coming out, just so I can avoid the unwanted side-effects. Bill