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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…

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…

* 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 …

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.

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 (speedin…

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 …

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/suppo…

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 casua…

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 …

https://acousticssingapore.com might have some leads.

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 ar…

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 u…

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 art…

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…

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...

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 …

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 …

> 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 anythi…

Same here in western MA, there's a nest along the Connecticut River in West Springfield.

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), th…

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 …

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 acoust…