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xatttyesterday at 5:14 PM3 repliesview on HN

Noise is a design choice and could likely be legislated away. Reject heat is different than heating from greenhouse gas effects that are “heating the planet”.

No one bats an eye when an air conditioner runs.


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Marsymarstoday at 1:44 AM

> No one bats an eye when an air conditioner runs.

I find their noise pretty obnoxious. Out of respect for my neighbours, when I get around to installing one, I'll be getting the absolute quietest model available.

dgellowyesterday at 5:24 PM

> No one bats an eye when an air conditioner runs.

In the US

bethekidyouwanttoday at 12:00 AM

Data centres aren’t loud it’s the gas power generating stations next to them that are loud.