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New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by john_moscow »

RC_ITR wrote: post #23
tonywastaken wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

lol you know what sound drives me insane in my part of town? The encampments below my window.

I bet they don’t love the sound of your complaining either. Both human. Both entitled to exist.

I bet they aren't exactly happy with their day-to-day either. It's just we are somehow normalizing and glorifying suffering instead of encouraging people to walk an extra mile to get out of it.

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by johnfn »

dessant wrote: post #14

I'm just glad they identified the source of the hum, many people are impacted for years by unexplainable sounds, and it is maddening. It took me and my neighbours a month to find the source of a hum that was resonating with our windows. It was torture, with midnight walks and lurking around potential sources, mapping nearby industrial sites, and questioning our sanity, while our windows were vibrating without a stop.…

When I lived in Nob Hill, there was a quiet long beeping sound that could be heard every couple of minutes - imagine a quiet booooop and you're pretty much there. Definitely sounded electronic. The weird thing was I could actually hear it on quiet days in a large radius in Nob Hill. It didn't seem to be localized on my house.

I was never able to identify it, and searching online gave me nothing.

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by ketzo »

sevencolors wrote: post #26
bitcharmer wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think SF residents are as thrilled. It's overwhelmingly loud.

I imagine it’s just going to be ignored. Like the bart “screeching” they never fixed.

That was such an insane thing to discover my first time on the BART. I’m sitting there thinking a catastrophic accident is about to occur, but everyone else is just on their phones... oh, that’s just the screech!

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by pronoiac »

sevencolors wrote: post #26
bitcharmer wrote: post #13

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think SF residents are as thrilled. It's overwhelmingly loud.

I imagine it’s just going to be ignored. Like the bart “screeching” they never fixed.

It's gotten quieter since 2017 - https://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/BART-noise-levels-dec...

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by grogenaut »

dvh wrote: post #29

"In the future the most valuable thing will be silence" --Voltaire

He went on to say "check out this sweet deal I got on these sony WH-1000XM3's via my Amazon afilliate link below. Don't forget to smash that like and subscribe for future philosophical updates."

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by dylan604 »

dustym wrote: post #24
dessant wrote: post #14

I'm just glad they identified the source of the hum, many people are impacted for years by unexplainable sounds, and it is maddening. It took me and my neighbours a month to find the source of a hum that was resonating with our windows. It was torture, with midnight walks and lurking around potential sources, mapping nearby industrial sites, and questioning our sanity, while our windows were vibrating without a stop.…

Two unrelated anecdotes: 1. A few years ago I spent some time in Falmouth, MA and there was an ongoing battle over newly installed wind turbines. The humming sound was getting to people, including to the point where they were getting headaches. Some people heard it and others didn't. The locals were going to war with the initiative. This article reminded me of that and I checked in on the ordeal. Looks like they shut…

2) It's amazing how perspective changes with more information. It is very odd how much that sounds just like a mower having difficulty starting, and is exactly the conclusion I would have jumped to it being. Glad you were able to get a better answer.

Re: New slats make the Golden Gate Bridge sound like a David Lynch movie

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Post by qppo »

johnfn wrote: post #32
dessant wrote: post #14

I'm just glad they identified the source of the hum, many people are impacted for years by unexplainable sounds, and it is maddening. It took me and my neighbours a month to find the source of a hum that was resonating with our windows. It was torture, with midnight walks and lurking around potential sources, mapping nearby industrial sites, and questioning our sanity, while our windows were vibrating without a stop.…

When I lived in Nob Hill, there was a quiet long beeping sound that could be heard every couple of minutes - imagine a quiet booooop and you're pretty much there. Definitely sounded electronic. The weird thing was I could actually hear it on quiet days in a large radius in Nob Hill. It didn't seem to be localized on my house. I was never able to identify it, and searching online gave me nothing.

I had this problem in college. Turned out to be the wind blowing over a small hole in a pipe, creating a whistle.
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