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Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by occz »

halfdan wrote: post #193
seattle_spring wrote: post #29

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People are so unbelievably disrespectful with noise in the US. Peaceful hike? Here's Katy Perry crackling out of my iPhone at full blast! Luxury apartment at $4k a month? No insulation between units, and the guy above you comes home at 2am and never takes his shoes off. Small country street? Here comes Chad with his straight-piped civic with the muffler removed!

As someone who had to travel to the bay area for years I'll add: Caltrain honking its way through all suburbs, even at night.

This can be remedied with proper grade separation - when there are no crossings, no honking is necessary.

Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by mechanical_bear »

zabzonk wrote: post #112
mechanical_bear wrote: post #108

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A little home for your dog within your home. It helps them feel secure and that they have a space that is their own.

So, a kennel? Forgive me, I am not a dog person, though I quite like my cleaning ladys little doggie.

Basically.

Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by mechanical_bear »

sicromoft wrote: post #201
mechanical_bear wrote: post #90

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I fucking loathe leaf blowers. I can tell what day of the week it is by which neighbor is going for an hour or two straight with the leaf blower. Get a damn rake!

Leaf blowers are the worst. Several cities in CA have banned them. I don't know why more haven't followed suit. There's a myth that groundskeeping is more costly without them, but the city of LA reported that costs didn't significantly increase after banning them.[1] [1] https://www.dailybreeze.com/2018/08/21/redondo-beach-bans-le...

I’m in Folsom, Ca. I wish they were banned here.

Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by eertami »

dan-robertson wrote: post #214
seattle_spring wrote: post #29

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People are so unbelievably disrespectful with noise in the US. Peaceful hike? Here's Katy Perry crackling out of my iPhone at full blast! Luxury apartment at $4k a month? No insulation between units, and the guy above you comes home at 2am and never takes his shoes off. Small country street? Here comes Chad with his straight-piped civic with the muffler removed!

Conversely, if you turn on your tumble dryer after 11pm in Switzerland and your neighbours hear, expect them to call the police.

>tumble dryer after 11pm

Or on a Sunday... :) Although the washing machine/dryer are usually in a utility room in the basement, shared between everyone in the building, which makes it a bit harder to just turn on.

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Post by agumonkey »

xattt wrote: post #269
agumonkey wrote: post #176

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And electric vehicles are a lot less so. Everytime I get passed by an e-bike my brain has a little pleasure seizure from not having to suffer the expected rawkus.

I am dreading an EV dystopia where all vehicles are going slow enough to create a cacophony from the mandated low-speed sounds. It would sound like something out of a William Gibson novel.

it's worth testing indeed, that said these car sounds are under control, not impossible that in slow dense urban spot you can lower them

Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by tinco »

lynguist wrote: post #243

Sometimes I put on noise canceling headphones when I go out to the street to block traffic noise as it increases my heart rate. I’m also mocked for it. When I need to sleep near a road with traffic I can only with ear wax. The worst are motorcycles.

I did earwax for a couple years, but after a while it started to gum up my ear canals and I'd have to clean them, and my canals got irritated every once in a while. I switched to silicone now, they're about as good and none of the problems. They stay clean for longer and hold quite well.

Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by jan_Inkepa »

kdmccormick wrote: post #82
tayo42 wrote: post #27

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I had this "conversation" with my neighbor (it was more like me being yelled at) It kind of blew my mind they didnt care about noise interruptions at all hours and told me its my problem. Like maybe if you got a full night of sleep you wouldn't be so angry? I guess this study supports that. The noise in my current apartment is endless, car alarms, screaming and crying kids along with their loud toys, idling cars, the…

> instruments being practiced As a musician... although I understand that, in the end, instrument practice is still noise, it hurts to see this listed among the rest of your items. Last year, I had to move out of an apartment complex because our neighbors would not tolerate even 30 minutes of practice a day (in spite of the ~2 daily hours of lawn care racket, but whatever) and complained to building management. I get…

As someone who grew up playing piano, I'm sad that it's incompatible with urban living. I know some cultures are more likely to tolerate it than others, but overall I see it as on the way out.

Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by wongarsu »

afiori wrote: post #183
agumonkey wrote: post #176

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And electric vehicles are a lot less so. Everytime I get passed by an e-bike my brain has a little pleasure seizure from not having to suffer the expected rawkus.

vehicles are make noise with the engine and wheels, so light electric vehicles are super quiet, but heavy vehicles tend to be loud regardless when moving fast

Electric cars are certainly far from silent, and somewhere at the high end of city speeds they are hard to distinguish from other cars because most of the sound comes from the tires.

But subjectively I don't mind the tire noise nearly as much as the sound of an accelerating petrol engine.

Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by reom_tobit »

ornornor wrote: post #171
jmugan wrote: post #61

Why do we still have the beep, beep, beep when trucks back up? We have backup cameras now. Everyone within half a mile is continually alerted that there's a truck backing up or a piece of construction equipment moving.

There is a version that does kssssh kssssh kssssh instead. It’s a lot less obnoxious but not standard yet so only a few trucks have it. It’s much nicer.

I forget where I’ve heard this so sorry in advance for the unsourced claim, but I think white noise is much better for humans to place in space. Higher frequency beeps can bounce around much more than a broad spectrum white noise blast.

Anecdotally they tend to travel much less, and generally be less annoying too. I can hear a beeping truck from ages away in my flat, but not once have I thought “god I wish that kssh kssh would stop”.

Re: Sounding the alarm: How noise hurts the heart (2021)

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Post by ihateolives »

jan_Inkepa wrote: post #277
kdmccormick wrote: post #82

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> instruments being practiced As a musician... although I understand that, in the end, instrument practice is still noise, it hurts to see this listed among the rest of your items. Last year, I had to move out of an apartment complex because our neighbors would not tolerate even 30 minutes of practice a day (in spite of the ~2 daily hours of lawn care racket, but whatever) and complained to building management. I get…

As someone who grew up playing piano, I'm sad that it's incompatible with urban living. I know some cultures are more likely to tolerate it than others, but overall I see it as on the way out.

There are electric pianos that are really-really good with feedback and feel and whatnot you piano players value, just plug in the headphones and practice away. Of all the compromises musicians have to make in apartment buildings this is one of the best and easiest.
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