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It might reflect different attitudes between cultures as to what volume makes one an "asshole".
Any volume which makes your music become my music too without my consent is at asshole level.
if we're acknowledging that the music played from cars is neighbourhood vibe, it raises the question of whether they are interfering with the neighbourhood as well.
I played, more than once, a few of the sound snippets. I think the Shazam "findings" are highly inaccurate. Fun project nonetheless! walz, could you write more about the setup, maybe to propitiate others to replicate it in other cities?
How do you get the data out of the Shazam app (?)
I was wondering the same. Also curious about those battery stats: > Battery currently at 80% (a decrease of 6% in the last 4 hours). That's gotta be an OLED screen at lowest brightness or, even more likely, a fully black overlay app since the mic is constantly active and either locally processing it into Shazam and streaming fingerprints or (less cpu, more network) streaming it to a server which then does the process…
> But it's not about catching criminals. It's about catching vibes. Love this so much.
I guess it will mostly reflect the musical taste of assholes who turn their music up loud. Hmm, but maybe all culture works like that.
I spent too much time on TikTok, because I got confused how a "bop" spotter even worked.
Yes, I'm quite upset about the repurposing of "bop" to be offensive, it was a good word and I liked its old meaning. For anyone who doesn't know, 'bop' to gen Z is a derogatory term for a sexually active woman, it basically means 'slut'. Redefining existing words is something that really irritates me, particularly when it's used to attack women.
Nice. there's a selection bias as the people who play music loud enough to be heard from their cars and several genres there just don't overlap at all. if we're acknowledging that the music played from cars is neighbourhood vibe, it raises the question of whether they are interfering with the neighbourhood as well.
Some psycho is out there blaring Lou Bega mambo no 5... they must be stopped.
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I guess it will mostly reflect the musical taste of assholes who turn their music up loud. Hmm, but maybe all culture works like that.
Highly variable of course - but I've found these types of self-centered narcissistic attributes to be far more endemic to western culture. I don't remember a single time in my years of living in Taiwan where I heard somebody blaring loud music / subwoofers, both while walking around and in all the flats that I lived.