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Kitty Hawk reveals its secret project, Heaviside

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171 points BrooklynRage | 1 comments | 03 Oct 19 17:59 UTC | HN request time: 0.255s | source
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dchichkov ◴[05 Oct 19 23:10 UTC] No.21168597[source]▶
It would be a good idea to use better baselines for noise pollution than helicopters and airplanes of today. Perhaps like this - Life in the Spanish City that banned cars. https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/sep/18/paradise-life...

This is about how much noise your aircraft are allowed to create. What you should be able to hear in the street are "the tweeting of birds in the camellias, the tinkle of coffee spoons and the sound of human voices".

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zizee ◴[06 Oct 19 03:47 UTC] No.21169707[source]▶
> This is about how much noise your aircraft are allowed to create.

Sounds good. The same rules should apply to lawn mowers, motor bikes, construction, bars, stereos, drones, public transport, bands, dogs, children...

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dchichkov ◴[06 Oct 19 04:12 UTC] No.21169785[source]▶
Sound from a lawn mower or a leaf blower is local and temporary. Yet cities do ban gas-powered leaf blowers.

http://files.meetup.com/4709972/Leaf%20Blower%20bans,%20etc....

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1. mannykannot ◴[06 Oct 19 13:53 UTC] No.21172007[source]▶
As someone who likes to be outdoors, I can attest to the quite remarkable frequency and persistence of lawn-mowing, anywhere within earshot of human settlement. If I could swap a passing Heaviside for each gas lawnmower I hear, I would take the trade.