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I was legitimately looking to have major renovation done on my condo (triple glazed windows, sound insulation added elsewhere, etc) before I got a white noise m
by wing-_-nuts 4y ago
I was legitimately looking to have major renovation done on my condo (triple glazed windows, sound insulation added elsewhere, etc) before I got a white noise machine. Before, I'd be woken up at 730am (following a 2am prod deployment) by some jackass cranking a leaf blower the very second the noise ordinance allowed. Now I usually sleep peacefully to my alarm. I don't really care whether there's scientific evidence of it working, it's saved my sanity.
Two things to look out for:
1. Make sure it's a non-looping white noise machine. The looping ones drive me crazy
2. Mine can play lower frequencies which really help block out external noise.
- dr-smooth 4y agoAgreed on the looping. I had a cheap white noise machine in the 90s, and once my brain identified the loop, I was locked into it and couldn't fall asleep. But it's not as bad as hearing somebody in your white noise: https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/mehrar https://gimletmedia.com/shows/reply-all/mehrar
- matai_kolila 4y agoDrowning out inconsistent noise with generally predictive noise seems pretty intuitive to me, and I think the article touches on this simple explanation. Nothing special or magical is happening in our brains, just not hearing interruptive sounds helps us not get distracted or awakened.