Re:The ear does not do a Fourier transform
by kragen on Friday October 31, 2025 @01:47AM
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The 50-cycle hum of the transformer outside your house. Tinnitus. The ≈15kHz horizontal scanning frequency whine of a CRT TV you used to be able to hear when you were a kid.
Of course, none of these are completely nonlocalized in time. Sooner or later there will be a blackout and the transformer will go silent. But it's a lot less localized than the chirp of a bird.
Of course, none of these are completely nonlocalized in time. Sooner or later there will be a blackout and the transformer will go silent. But it's a lot less localized than the chirp of a bird.