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by postalcoder 139 days ago
This post and your comment has me thinking about STFU, posted here a couple weeks ago. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46649142

Is it feasible to capture and directionally pipe audio back to a rude neighbor? Seems like it could be effective.

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Been around for awhile: https://www.holosonics.com
"a beam of directed ultrasound that delivers audio ten times more isolated "

ah, so this is what they used in embassy attacks

The details of the weapon still doesn't seem to be known, but probably just a matter of "when" those leak, seems to be the same as what was used in Venezuela (which Trump might confuse when he talks about it).

Latest I've seen about it: "Secret 'discombobulator' weapon was crucial to Venezuelan raid on Maduro" - https://nypost.com/2026/01/24/us-news/trump-reveals-to-the-p... (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46754101 | 7 days ago | 6 comments)

probably not the same company. It's a well–documented phenomenon.
Obligatory xkcd: https://xkcd.com/316/
I lived in an apartment with extremely thin floors. One night I needed to move the bed 5 inches away from the wall at 3am. In my room it made almost no noise and took 1 second. But, the next morning the woman below came up and complained.

I told her I heard her masturbating often and would just put my headphones on and check in 20 minutes. She said she didn't do that. I said "well, maybe you're listening to porn. All I know is I hear something".

She moved out the next day.

Oh I had one of those neighbors too, but I don't even count them in my bad noisy neighbors list.