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Get better windows? I live across from a major road and I can't hear anything since replacing the old single panes from the 70's.

jsiepkes 3y ago
You can give your windows an airtight seal but what about ventilation in your bedroom?
- willcipriano 3y ago
  Fart fan, point the outlet towards the back yard. Bathroom is quiet for me. Never open the window.
baz00 3y ago
I want to open my window. We don't have air con over here.
- willcipriano 3y ago
  As far as tasks go making the world quiet is probably more difficult than adapting your home to be a more sound proof and climate controlled. My advice here is the only one actually guaranteed to improve the problem. It also costs less than bribing politicians to passing a law for you or inventing bespoke technology and deploying it to the sides of every road.
  - bowsamic 3y ago
    > As far as tasks go making the world quiet is probably more difficult than adapting your home to be a more sound proof and climate controlled. I mean, probably not, since other countries have greatly reduced the problem without much issue. > My advice here is the only one actually guaranteed to improve the problem. It also costs less than bribing politicians to passing a law for you or inventing bespoke technology and deploying it to the sides of every road. No one is denying the existence of bandaids solutions, but that doesn't mean we should stop at bandaid solutions. Frankly this sounds like libertarian ideology. We don't just let people do bad things because we can choose to insulate ourselves in a fortress, instead we focus on fixing society first and plan to one day remove the bandaid.
    - willcipriano 3y ago
      Well enjoy the noise and the heatwaves until the government gets around to resolving the problem for you.
      - rwmj 3y ago
        The government is us.
      - bowsamic 3y ago
        Again, way too libertarian for me. I think we should work to improve society, but that's just me
  - ffhhttt 3y ago
    > My advice here I would assume that most people here do understand that they can close their windows.
    - read_if_gay_ 3y ago
      most people here hopefully also understood that the point was getting better windows, not closing them
illwrks 3y ago
Doesn't always work when the car is modified to make as much noise as possible. There's one near us that speeds up and down but the exhaust sounds like a gun being fired. Seriously loud and obnoxious.a

jsiepkes 3y ago

You can give your windows an airtight seal but what about ventilation in your bedroom?

willcipriano 3y ago
Fart fan, point the outlet towards the back yard. Bathroom is quiet for me. Never open the window.

baz00 3y ago

I want to open my window. We don't have air con over here.

willcipriano 3y ago
As far as tasks go making the world quiet is probably more difficult than adapting your home to be a more sound proof and climate controlled. My advice here is the only one actually guaranteed to improve the problem. It also costs less than bribing politicians to passing a law for you or inventing bespoke technology and deploying it to the sides of every road.
- bowsamic 3y ago
  > As far as tasks go making the world quiet is probably more difficult than adapting your home to be a more sound proof and climate controlled. I mean, probably not, since other countries have greatly reduced the problem without much issue. > My advice here is the only one actually guaranteed to improve the problem. It also costs less than bribing politicians to passing a law for you or inventing bespoke technology and deploying it to the sides of every road. No one is denying the existence of bandaids solutions, but that doesn't mean we should stop at bandaid solutions. Frankly this sounds like libertarian ideology. We don't just let people do bad things because we can choose to insulate ourselves in a fortress, instead we focus on fixing society first and plan to one day remove the bandaid.
  - willcipriano 3y ago
    Well enjoy the noise and the heatwaves until the government gets around to resolving the problem for you.
    - rwmj 3y ago
      The government is us.
    - bowsamic 3y ago
      Again, way too libertarian for me. I think we should work to improve society, but that's just me
- ffhhttt 3y ago
  > My advice here I would assume that most people here do understand that they can close their windows.
  - read_if_gay_ 3y ago
    most people here hopefully also understood that the point was getting better windows, not closing them

illwrks 3y ago

Doesn't always work when the car is modified to make as much noise as possible. There's one near us that speeds up and down but the exhaust sounds like a gun being fired. Seriously loud and obnoxious.a