That sounds like a great microcontroller/decibel meter project, something that could run 24 hours a day unattended.
One problem is the risk of false positives messing up the "training"
Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down
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Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down
#122Reminds of a neighbor I had back when I was renting in a big city. He didn’t seem to understand what’s wrong with keeping his TV on for very long periods broadcasting the sleaziest (at least at the time) reality show on full volume. I tried talking to him multiple times to no avail. He’d basically say “yeah I’ll pay attention no problem” but nothing changed for weeks. Coincidentally at that time I was working morning…
Were you each other’s only neighbours? How did that “war” not involve other people in the vicinity?
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#123It's concerning that many responses in this thread have a similar story of negatively messing with someone until they adjust their behaviour. Please, if you think this is okay you shouldn't even be allowed a dog, let alone social interactions with other people.
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To be fair, it was luck that realized it. If those controls were not set to the same frequency the story would not exist.
But there are devices out there that can be tuned to any frequency. Flipper and other clones could pull this feat for example.
Yeah, but you still need luck. In reality it will not work out e.g. because their setup uses an IR control. Reminds me of:
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
People who smoke on the balconies of multi-unit buildings are awful people. It’d be a beautiful day but I can’t keep my windows open because there’s always somebody smoking to make my unit smell disgusting if I just want to enjoy a cool breeze going through. Thank goodness smoking is becoming rarer here and is no banned pretty much everywhere indoors and near entrances. I don’t mind if people have a vice (I’ve got mi…
Smoking tobacco got rarer here, but smoking marijuana has gotten much more common. I don't know if it's just that I grew up with tobacco, but the skunk-like smell of marijuana bothers me a lot more.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
People who smoke on the balconies of multi-unit buildings are awful people. It’d be a beautiful day but I can’t keep my windows open because there’s always somebody smoking to make my unit smell disgusting if I just want to enjoy a cool breeze going through. Thank goodness smoking is becoming rarer here and is no banned pretty much everywhere indoors and near entrances. I don’t mind if people have a vice (I’ve got mi…
Smoking tobacco got rarer here, but smoking marijuana has gotten much more common. I don't know if it's just that I grew up with tobacco, but the skunk-like smell of marijuana bothers me a lot more.
I didn’t even mention tobacco specifically because it’s the same either way.
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#127I bet it was an awesome shower when OP came up with this story. Nice and hot.
On the internet nobody knows if someone made up a story. They might have as well made up the whole story. This post may be a work of fiction. Maybe it never happened. But it is entertaining.
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No, it doesn’t work that way. The sound of children playing is a normal part of human life, inseparable in fact from life. The smell of cigarette smoke is neither.
Only because you're defining one as normal and the other as abnormal.
I remember when I was young and edgy, and thought dunking on parents was simply sharing hard truths.
Boy am I glad I grew out of that mindset.
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#129Earlier quoted context omitted.
Smoking tobacco got rarer here, but smoking marijuana has gotten much more common. I don't know if it's just that I grew up with tobacco, but the skunk-like smell of marijuana bothers me a lot more.
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Inhaling any particulate seems like a pretty bad idea. I knew a Jamaican guy who thought people were silly for smoking it and said tea was the best. I have no opinion, not my vice of choice.
Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down
#130I was in a similar situation, but I fought fire with napalm. My new neighbor got one of those shitty hi-fi systems with a sub apparently and separating us was only a thin wall. Our shared landlord and authorities were both powerless to fix the problem, or just didn't care enough, so I took it in my own hands. Unfortunately to my ignorant new neighbor, there's always a bigger speaker and it just so happens that I have…
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