What I can’t stand is the lyric heavy “upbeat” music in grocery stores, even when it’s absolutely dreary out or late at night. I’m sure some folks like it. Maybe I should grocery shop with earbuds.
How Ambient Chill Became the New Silence
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#72Lately I've been spending a lot of my working-with-a-laptop-at-a-cafe time at places that have outdoor seating. And another chunk of that time has been sitting outside at a very nice park I live nearby. There is no music except for occasional snatches of it from passing cars. Instead there is the wind in the trees, various birds having their conversations, and perhaps kids playing if I'm near the playground. It's rea…
I went through a period of listening to natural sounds, rivers, forests, rain, thunder, waves, etc. It's surprisingly easy to detect loops and repeats. There are some nice apps for blending sounds. Seems like a good space for ML to play, producing unique, but authentic feeling sounds.
I do enjoy myNoise, but I find their mobile apps to be usability headaches a lot of the time.
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#73Earlier quoted context omitted.
The homeless actually make great conversation and it humanizes them. If you don’t give cash, at least don’t alienate them. Granted it can be very emotionally draining.
I take it you have never been assaulted by an angry drunk before.
> I take it you have never been assaulted by an angry drunk before.
That's a non-sequitur. Regardless, if you are looking to get assaulted by an angry drunk talking to homeless people isn't a very effective method. For best success try pick up bars with an 20-30 year old clientele, or just accost someone on the street who is already visibly drunk and antagonistic; they are (unintuitively?) unlikely to be homeless but will often happily have a go at you.
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#74I look forward to the day that society treats combating noise pollution with the same level of seriousness as combating other types of pollution. It appears that day is still far off.
There's such a pressure group in the UK: https://pipedown.org.uk/
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#75Lately I've been spending a lot of my working-with-a-laptop-at-a-cafe time at places that have outdoor seating. And another chunk of that time has been sitting outside at a very nice park I live nearby. There is no music except for occasional snatches of it from passing cars. Instead there is the wind in the trees, various birds having their conversations, and perhaps kids playing if I'm near the playground. It's rea…
I went through a period of listening to natural sounds, rivers, forests, rain, thunder, waves, etc. It's surprisingly easy to detect loops and repeats. There are some nice apps for blending sounds. Seems like a good space for ML to play, producing unique, but authentic feeling sounds.
>I went through a period of listening to natural sounds, rivers, forests, rain, thunder, waves, etc. It's surprisingly easy to detect loops and repeats.
Perhaps, but there are several sound libraries with 10hours + non looping recordings...
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#76Earlier quoted context omitted.
You had your ear wax checked? I thought I had tinnitus for years, then one time when getting checked on for a nasal infection the nurse commented on how waxy my ear was and asked if I'd like it removed. I thought sure and wow... my tinnitus immediately and completely went away. Just saying, get that checked if you have tinnitus. Turns out ear wax build-up is a major cause of it (it pushes against the ear drums).
This same thing happened to me. Nurse commented on my ear wax and upon removing I felt so much better (and had no more ringing).
Why the buildup? I've used q-tips every 3-4 days since a child and never had any ear wax buildup problems...
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#77Earlier quoted context omitted.
Before you played music too loud, actually. Playing music on a low volume will not give you tinnitus.
Playing music at a low volume also won't block out background noise.
Unless you work at a construction site, it will to a very good extent.
Do you really need to drown office noise completely through maxed out music?
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#78Earlier quoted context omitted.
Maybe I'm alone here but I almost think this is worse. Granted the manipulative aspect of using specific music to set a mood in public places can be kinda gross, but I don't like that the alternative is that now everyone's in their own bubble and further isolating themselves from the people around them.
In my experience, people are already almost completely isolated even without headphones. With or without headphones, the only strangers who come up and talk to me are people who want something from me, like beggars, people seeking directions, or people trying to sell me something. As someone who's not very social around strangers, I rarely initiate conversations with strangers myself. Listening to my own music just m…
>With or without headphones, the only strangers who come up and talk to me are people who want something from me, like beggars, people seeking directions, or people trying to sell me something
In the US maybe. In other parts of the world it can be quite different...
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#79Earlier quoted context omitted.
The homeless actually make great conversation and it humanizes them. If you don’t give cash, at least don’t alienate them. Granted it can be very emotionally draining.
I take it you have never been assaulted by an angry drunk before.
No, but they have been snarked at by forum commenters and their assumptions. Should the parent distrust every person commenting from now on?
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#80Earlier quoted context omitted.
This same thing happened to me. Nurse commented on my ear wax and upon removing I felt so much better (and had no more ringing).
Why the buildup? I've used q-tips every 3-4 days since a child and never had any ear wax buildup problems...
Q-tips aren't supposed to be used for cleaning wax out of ears. That's not what they're for, and the manufacturer and much of the medical establishment actively advises against it.