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by tosti 50 days ago
The noise in a server room is quite pleasant for me. It's loud, but in a soothing way I can't really describe.
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I'm a fan of pink noise, which has a distribution of frequency/power that is closer to a lot of natural sources, like the sound of a waterfall.

It's only a guess that we're biologically primed to find it more comfortable, but I think it's a pretty good guess.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pink_noise

"White Noise and Its Potential Applications in Occupational Health: A Review"

pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10135504/