Anechoic

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by Anechoic 8d ago
I know the general consensus is that the mini was cancelled for (relatively) low sales, but I wonder if that was due in part to the release of the SE? I got the SE 2 not because it was cheaper, but because it was smaller. At the time I was
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by Anechoic 3mo ago
DVD perhaps yes, until the disc degrades. Which is the same constraint as pretty much any other physical item one might purchase. "reasonably a forever" is a reasonable description.
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by Anechoic 4mo ago
Imagining building a bridge and then in the middle someone comes along and says it should also be a tunnel While converting a bridge to tunnel mid-construction doesn't happen, what does often happen is that design assumes a particula
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A true story about interviewing at Google in 2006(threads.com)
6 points by Anechoic 5mo ago|2 comments
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by Anechoic 5mo ago
* The vast majority of mics for PCs are condensers and electrets.* These can be run in reverse as well, it requires CB custom electronics so it’s not something a lay person can do out of the box.
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by Anechoic 5mo ago
This is how drive-thru kiosks work (principal, not the specific implementation). Source: I used to measure the “microphone” frequency response for a kiosk OEM.
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by Anechoic 5mo ago
noise pollution (it’s really worth watching Benn Jordan’s video on infrasound,) Noise from data centers is a real issue, but Benn's measurements and analysis are not great (speeding up the sample rate to demonstrate frequency effects
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by Anechoic 7mo ago
Spring 2020, they released the iPhone SE 2020, 4 years after the previous iPhone SE. This satiated a lot of the demand for people holding out for a smaller phone. Count me in this group. I wound up buying the 13 mini right before it was g
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by Anechoic 1y ago
If you're going through the hassle of reseting your iPhone to set with Configurator, you should think about pair locking your phone while you're at it: https://reincubate.com/support/how-to/pair-lock-supe
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by Anechoic 1y ago
Analyzing security footage for potential suspects should be done by police. Again, it's not just "potential suspects" it's potential witnesses, or identification of potential casualties. I don't feel great about s
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by Anechoic 1y ago
The job of the fire department should be to fight fires, not to investigate crimes. Part of the investigation is determining whether the event is actually a crime. I'd much rather have subject matter experts make the determination of
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Train Hack Gets Proper Attention After 20 Years: Researcher(securityweek.com)
7 points by Anechoic 1y ago|0 comments
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by Anechoic 1y ago
https://acousticssingapore.com might have some leads.
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by Anechoic 1y ago
I wish there were an expert or researcher interested in these areas: residential buildings, shops, parks, churches, and schools. You mean an expert in acoustics related to those areas? There are lots of experts and researchers. Take a loo
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by Anechoic 1y ago
I've tried searching the literature to find out whether this is either 1)wrong, or 2)generally known within the fields of audiology and occupational hygiene, but so far I've come up empty. FWIW, I've also heard the same, bu
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by Anechoic 1y ago
FYI, there's been tons of research of the effects of noise on sleep from different sources. There have been studies ranging from in-lab experiments, to in-home experiments with artificial and natural sources. If you're intereste
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by Anechoic 1y ago
The biggest issue one person raised is how do you separate out government spending form GDP? (Note that I agree with your larger point) One discussion of this point can be found in an Indicator podcast[0] from a couple of months ago. [0]
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by Anechoic 1y ago
How? Which major law firm is standing up like Harvard is? WilerHale and Jenner & BLock are two: https://www.npr.org/2025/03/28/g-s1-56890/law-firms-sue-trum...
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by Anechoic 1y ago
Ron is a fixture at acoustics conferences, he's a nice guy and was very passionate about making the facility work when he was raising funds in the aughts. If you're going to be in the area and give him enough notice, he'll be
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by Anechoic 2y ago
one decibel reduction at what reference pressure The implication is that we're talking about sound pressure level in air, therefore the reference pressure would be 20 µPa. and for which frequencies? Again, the implication is annoya
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by Anechoic 2y ago
> Can you plant bushes or shrubs between you and the road? A thin strip of foliage does (basically) nothing to reduce noise propagation. Dense foliage (meaning you can’t see anything through it or move through it) gets you about 1 dB red
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by Anechoic 2y ago
Same here in western MA, there's a nest along the Connecticut River in West Springfield.
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by Anechoic 2y ago
The paper basically reinforces one of the tenets of transit noise and vibration analyses: if you don't maintain your system (specifically wheels and rails in the case of noise), things tend to get louder over time. BCRTC knows this [0]
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by Anechoic 2y ago
Oh, and apparently Apple recently disabled PWAs entirely in the EU Apple reversed that decision back in March [0] (expand "Why don't users in the EU have access to Home Screen web apps?") [0] https://developer.ap
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Twisted: The dramatic history of twisted-pair Ethernet [video](youtube.com)
2 points by Anechoic 2y ago|0 comments
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by Anechoic 2y ago
FAA through the National Academies did a research study a few years ago [1] to provide guidance on improving the intelligibility of PA systems and also improving the overall acoustics of airport terminals. The idea is that this guidance wou
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by Anechoic 2y ago
and has been common(ish) knowledge among electrical engineers for decades. Not only is it common knowledge it's how drive-thru kiosks work! Source: I used to test microphone/speakers for a kiosk OEM.
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by Anechoic 2y ago
Civil engineering doesn’t change. Gravity is a constant. Physics are constants. Physics may be a constant, but materials and methods are not. There is a reason why ISO/IEC/ICC/ASTM/ANSI/ASME/ASHRAE/DIN&#x
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by Anechoic 2y ago
https://nleomf.org/slave-patrols-an-early-form-of-american-p...
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by Anechoic 2y ago
Important to remember just how close we really are to slavery. It's not ancient history by any means. Absolutely. My grandmother's grandmother was a slave. It's still hard for me to wrap my hand around the fact that I knew

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