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Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by sejje »

tartoran wrote: post #113
nntwozz wrote: post #90

Not saying it's right for everyone, but I moved off-grid where my nearest neighbor is 5km away. 20 years in an apartment in the city was enough for me, as I grew older I realized there are too many things outside of my control if I want silence and peace of mind. Sound pollution is a very real baseline stressor.

I'd feel a bit too lonely at 5km distance to the nearest neighbor as a matter of fact I don't think I ever visited or stayed at such a property. Are you completely off grid? What are the drawbacks of living in such a place and is it overall a better deal for you? It sounds very tempting for me too but I don't think I'm ready for this just yet.

I live in a similar place, though I'm not off-grid.

The drawbacks for me are that "town" is about an hour away. But amazon delivers here.

There's no city life, no ordering to-go food or pizza, no movie theater, no ice cream runs to sonic. You have to plan ahead. Socialization happens online or with people in your own home, pretty much exclusively.

It's often hard to find anyone to fix your stuff--you become a framer, a plumber, a roofer, a mechanic. I consider this a net benefit, but it can be taxing at times.

That being said, not everyone does it quite like I do. All my neighbors have jobs in the city, for instance.

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Post by its_ubuntu »

idiotsecant wrote: post #153
its_ubuntu wrote: post #134

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You sound just delightful. A wonderful blend of ignorant and weird-but-not-in-the-good-way. Smoking anything is bad for you, including the thing you like. PM 2.5 contamination is enormously harmful, and it doesn't magically go away if it's weed.

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Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by schrectacular »

adsteel_ wrote: post #158
WA wrote: post #107

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No smokers in my neighborhood, but people use their goddamn fireplaces too much and it’s kinda impossible to get fresh air in winter evenings and often during the day. Not sure how to train them. And unfortunately, there are too many. Burning wood should be forbidden in residential areas. It’s similar to smoking in restaurants, except you can’t escape them.

My romantic views of wood smoke hit reality when I first camped in Canada's Banff-Jasper national parks, where you could buy unlimited firewood for the night for $5. Everyone bought it, it seemed. Trying to breathe downwind of a campground was a rude wakeup call. It should definitely be restricted in denser residential areas. I can't imagine some of the towns in Germany or Poland where residents depend on wood fires…

Where they depend on wood for heat they are more likely to have efficient stoves that completely burn the wood. Smoke coming out of the chimney is "firing for the crows" and wasting fuel.

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Post by sejje »

samrus wrote: post #121
helsinkiandrew wrote: post #17

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"

What's the risk? You turn on the TV when it was off?

And then detect the noise and turn it back off?

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by wingworks »

Biganon wrote: post #44
joncp wrote: post #33

I’d love to find a way to do something similar with neighboring dogs.

Ultrasound whistle? Sounds a bit cruel though, I dunno how it makes them feel

Usualy doesn't work. Needs a specific type of dog, and the right device. Most of the ones sold online are scams.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by sejje »

anal_reactor wrote: post #101
miduil wrote: post #28

What a story. Be friendly to your neighbors, otherwise they might turn off your TV! When I was living in Berlin, the entire apartment complex had a WhatsApp group and people would (of course it's Berlin) party a lot. People would ask each other to turn down the volume, which worked for the most part - at least for severe partying. Best messages were like "you've been partying all night, it's 2pm, I need some silence…

One of the reasons why I want to move out from the city and have a house far away from everyone else. Nobody disturbing my peace. Nobody complaining about my noise.

Frogs and crickets want a word.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by appreciatorBus »

stevage wrote: post #91
appreciatorBus wrote: post #78

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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.

It is possible for the human species to exist without cigarette smoke, and doubtless for at least part of our history it did not exist.

It is not possible for the human species (or any form of mortal biological life) to exist without children.

If you want to try to define the latter observation of reality as “abnormal”, fill your boots.

Re: Teaching my neighbor to keep the volume down

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Post by sejje »

throwaway150 wrote: post #138
unsupp0rted wrote: post #109

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Is this a felony?

Since there are people from all countries here, the answer to your question depends a lot on who you ask. I don't think even the specific word you used is relevant in all parts of the world.

Is it a felony where you live?
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