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So, if the main complaint is hyperbole over the ability to build cubicles that block office noise, I would draw your attention to this passage from the press re
by Angostura 7y ago
So, if the main complaint is hyperbole over the ability to build cubicles that block office noise, I would draw your attention to this passage from the press release
> Ghaffarivardavagh and Zhang also point to the unsightliness of the sound barriers used today to reduce noise pollution from traffic and see room for an aesthetic upgrade. "Our structure is super lightweight, open, and beautiful. Each piece could be used as a tile or brick to scale up and build a sound-canceling, permeable wall," they say.
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> "When we want to create a wall, we will go to a hexagonal shape" that can fit together like an open-air honeycomb structure.
> Such walls could help contain many types of noises. Even those from the intense vibrations of an MRI machine, Zhang says.
Nothing there suggests that the journalists were indulging in hyperbole, although they were clearly being light hearted. However, the comment to which I originally replied seemed to be indulging in hypobole.
- dang 7y agoI'd say the main complaints were the cloying text and the infantilizing title. Many HN readers find these things more than a little annoying, and this was a particularly strong case. Your quotes don't mention anything about office noise, cubicles, or coworkers. Why would they add those in? Presumably to make the content more sensational, since that's the effect it has.