If I change the default beep to something more gentle, at least the sound won't be so loud and abrupt but I want to get rid of any system beeps and theme sounds all together.

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Sometimes I feel like I walk around with my fingers in my ears all the time. If it’s not the rat-tat-tat of jackhammers, the blaring sirens on a police car, or the beep-beep-beep of a truck that is ...

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