50 years of silence: It's time to end the speed limit in US airspace

Re:50 years of silence: It's time to end the speed limit in ... by dghlsakjg on Saturday March 25, 2023 @01:26PM (#35304884)

There is also the qualitative aspect.

I live near an Air Force base that luckily doesn’t do supersonic stuff.

Constant white noise, even at a pretty high level is something that can be tuned out pretty easily.

I’m not sure the same can be said of singular events like a sonic boom.

I think of it like the difference between a lawnmower half a block away, and a subwoofer the same distance.

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Re:50 years of silence: It's time to end the speed limit in ... by hypomanic on Saturday March 25, 2023 @09:48PM (#35309809)

Constant background noise isn't really tuned out though. It leads to a lot of stress and negative health outcomes: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Health_effects_from_noise

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