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These "sirens" actually need to be able to play spoken announcements - something they did easily since about 2005, before the fumbled 2019-2024 shutdown/upgrade
by gojomo 3y ago
These "sirens" actually need to be able to play spoken announcements - something they did easily since about 2005, before the fumbled 2019-2024 shutdown/upgrade.
More history, through January 2022, via JWZ's blog:
https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/01/the-reason-the-tuesday-noon-sirens-havent-returned/ https://www.jwz.org/blog/2022/01/the-reason-the-tuesday-noon...
- paradox460 3y agoNow that you mention it, I do remember hearing the spoken message every Tuesday. Still, a big loudspeaker is even simpler than a classical motorized siren. No moving parts!
- gojomo 3y agoYep! And as of the shutdown over 4 years ago, even if their control plane was insecure, they presumably had 119 working loudspeakers of the proper loudness/weatherproofing/etc.
- pastureofplenty 3y agoJWZ doesn't like HN and doesn't want his site being linked to on here so your URL redirects to a crude image.
- jcgrillo 3y agowhat a delightfully epic troll, good on jwz :)))