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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by LoganDark on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:05AM (#40644078)
> somehow sleeping through the loud fan noise

Sometimes white noise helps with sleep, so this may not be that big of a surprise.

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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by eru on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:43AM (#40644321)
Pedantic nitpick: you are most likely talking about a different 'colour' of noise. White noise is really harsh, and probably not what your fan produces.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colors_of_noise

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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by LoganDark on Wednesday June 12, 2024 @02:14PM (#40661147)
I couldn't remember the color (brown noise?) so white noise was the best thing I could come up with.
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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by eru on Thursday June 13, 2024 @01:11AM (#40666167)
No worries. When speaking colloquially, 'white noise' is a perfectly fine term and perfectly understandable.
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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by ABS on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:08AM (#40644089)
yes, but that wasn't white noise I assure you :-D
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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by p_l on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @05:28AM (#40644219)
Especially if there was classic IDE HDD grinding involved :D
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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by amlib on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:12AM (#40646377)
I loved that deep scratchy bass, modern hard drives are so quiet... I miss sleeping to my computer defragging all night long :(
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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by doubled112 on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @10:18AM (#40646432)
Not all modern drives. One of mine goes "thunk thunk thunk". I could hear it from rooms away in one case I had it in.
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Re:POV-Ray – The Persistence of Vision Raytracer by blacklion on Tuesday June 11, 2024 @11:39AM (#40647562)
I've had 24x7 FIDO node in my room for years. I've silenced modem pulse dialing by replacing relay with expensive one. I've silenced CPU cooler by using 90mm 12v fans connected to 5v (yes, in 486DX era). But HDD was unbeatable.

On the other hand, if I wake up in the middle of the night due to HDD grinding, I was sure that I have new mail (echoareas) to read!

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