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Re: Listen to the Clouds

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Post by fixermark »

barrkel wrote: post #45
laumars wrote: post #31

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What an odd law. Anybody aware of the reasoning behind this?

Why is it normal to be allowed to eavesdrop on conversations you're not a party to? Wouldn't it be odd for that to be the default position? There's a cultural norm embedded here. What you think is odd and what's normal is strongly dependent on your priors.

Cultural priors indeed.

"Why is it normal to be banned from interpreting electromagnetic flux that's being pushed through the space around me, in my house, and literally through my body, without my consent?"

Re: Listen to the Clouds

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Post by soundwave106 »

askmike wrote: post #55

In a way this gives a new meaning to the term "live music". Especially since this is an existing style of music: anywhere from Bowie[1] to more niche bands like Public Service Broadcasting[2] and Lemon Jelly[3]. [1] David Bowie - Space Oddity [2] Public Service Broadcasting - Go! [3] Lemon Jelly - Space Walk

First thing I thought of was another more niche musician (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Rimbaud) who released a number of tracks in the early 1990s under the name "Scanner". Which, as the name suggests, was ambient music over recorded snippets of conversation picked over radio scanners.

Re: Listen to the Clouds

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Post by SeriousM »

dyml wrote: post #6

Wow, surprised to see this on HN! Creator here, if you have any feedback, please just comment here or ping me on twitter @andersaberg, I'll take airport requests etc there :) Have a good one, A

The Vienna Airport (vie) would be nice to see on the list! Thanks

Re: Listen to the Clouds

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Post by subbz »

dyml wrote: post #6

Wow, surprised to see this on HN! Creator here, if you have any feedback, please just comment here or ping me on twitter @andersaberg, I'll take airport requests etc there :) Have a good one, A

Nice idea, thanks for sharing. How about putting the stations on a Google map?

Re: Listen to the Clouds

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Post by barrkel »

fixermark wrote: post #71
barrkel wrote: post #45

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Why is it normal to be allowed to eavesdrop on conversations you're not a party to? Wouldn't it be odd for that to be the default position? There's a cultural norm embedded here. What you think is odd and what's normal is strongly dependent on your priors.

Cultural priors indeed. "Why is it normal to be banned from interpreting electromagnetic flux that's being pushed through the space around me, in my house, and literally through my body, without my consent?"

Society gets to make up the rules, not individuals.

Re: Listen to the Clouds

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Post by iamatworknow »

matt4077 wrote: post #22

Do people easily understand these transmissions? I always think there must be something wrong with either my English, or my ears because I barely understand a number here and there, even with headphones.

The most confusing thing to me is probably the nicknames that some airlines have which are used instead of their actual names. British Airways flights are usually called "Speedbird" and US Airways are called "Cactus".

Re: Listen to the Clouds

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Post by quickben »

dyml wrote: post #59
quickben wrote: post #42

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Slowed down to a halt. Nexus 6p. Firefox took 15s to close.

ben, did you get the video? Seems like the video is the cause of the CPU load, and i'm actively moving away from the video.

It is fine now. The site seems 100% usable.
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