kind of like the low frequency emanations from a windmill. Really bothersome.
I thought that the number of Bitcoins has almost maxxed out. Not too many more to find. Lots of work for that ‘last one’. May not be worth it?
Do these mines mine some other crypto?
most stupid technological development of all time.
Wasting electricity to create money not based on anything real.
IMHO ban it all. Sam Bankman-Fried was just a first taste.
Are they physically minning anything? What makes the noise? Computers make noise? This is real?
SBF
How did the Swedish Bikini Federation get involved in this?
I wonder if there are similar complaints near large data centers. Because that’s all a crypto mine is.
My guess is a large data center has better sound insulation.
It isn’t the sound, it’s the influx of all those crypto miners, with their hard hats and their rough talk, taking over the bars and clubs with their dang Final Fantasy and World of Warcraft binges.
been here for years, used to be a power plant
DRESDEN-Greenidge Generation, a vertically integrated cryptocurrency datacenter and power generation company, announced the installation of cylindrical wedge wire screens at the company’s water intake system in Seneca Lake has entered the final stage.
https://www.observer-review.com/greenidge-installs-screens-on-intake-system-cms-7597
In 2020, the largest concentration of USA miners was in rural west Texas.
They were trying to tap into natural gas that was too difficult or too expensive to transport.
The miners brought their own electric generators and basically burned gas straight from the well heads.
The biggest problem for miners in 2023 is that most of them need financing.
After a 70% Bitcoin price crash, finding gamblers who will bet millions on a mining operation is a very tough sell these days.
I the Duck Inn still there?
I discovered decades ago that I was hypersensitive to low frequencies. At the time it merely affected my musical listening enjoyment.
I later endeavored to design/build subwoofers of a type which were sonically accurate (vs the type installed commonly in vehicles and the cheap ones sold falsely as subwoofers for home theater).
Sometime during the past year I’ve become aware that the term ‘hypersensitive’ was a misnomer until recently, experiencing stress & loss of sleep from low frequency noise from a couple of sources in my area. Previously, the noise was merely an irritant.
Now it evokes a fight/flight response will all of the associative stress. I’m currently engaged in Helmholtz resonator research pursuant to trapping the low frequencies.
It’s a very curious development (age-related infrasound sensitivity, I presume), particularly given that one such source of noise I’ve isolated to an RV which is parked nearby (a ‘homeless’ squatter who works for a local taxi company). The only thing which could make the noise I’m feeling (’hearing’ is a misnomer when referencing infrasound) is the furnace/fan in the RV.
(Note: I live rural. VERY low-density population, but some close enough to be an issue.)
I’m currently modifying a suite of electronics I acquired during my speaker design phase to serve as an infrasound detector/recorder. There are a couple reasons for this move: 1. To record/locate for litigation support, 2. To provide some assurance that the next property purchase is not poisoned by such noise.
(as I type this, there is the atypical ‘hum’ reverberating from my diaphragm to my skull; sometimes I feel like I’m ready to snap and sympathize with others in such scenarios as cited in the OP)
Anyone else experiencing age-related infrasound sensitivity???
The company should invest in sound proofing the building. I wonder if a data center is that loud
95 decibels! There is no reason air conditioners and fans to be that loud.
And infra-sound? Is it sound or physical vibration from badly installed and substandard machinery?
Make a new friend—call the feds.