DataCenter.FM – background noise app featuring the sound of the AI bubble

lovegrenoble•4 days ago

And if you want to feel like you're coding in the midst of a battle: https://tabletopy.com

ablation•4 days ago

I triggered a containment breach, no need to thank me, Roko's Basilisk!

hootz•4 days ago

AI! Data! AI! Data!

tosti•4 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.

Terr_•3 days ago

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

lovegrenoble•4 days ago

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

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

59nadir•4 days ago

The staff sporadically saying "AI!" is a very nice touch. I found myself trying to get as many servers and load as possible but having the temperature stay stable. This is a neat little game, in a way (though it seems to auto-stabilize too easily).

Edit: Oh, there was a containment breach. My bad, humanity...

I cannot imagine how the people who live close to this type of nonsense feel, though, it must be horrible.

PunchyHamster•4 days ago

They are not that loud from outside, at least the normal ones. We have office a block away from one, you don't really hear it over city noise.

Tho it is normal datacenter and not AI one with some turbines jerry-rigged together to power it...

Also the sounds are entirely fake and not related to actual DC

59nadir•4 days ago

I'm basing this mostly on the segments that were done on how people in rural areas (generally quieter) were experiencing all kinds of issues from living too close to data centers.

owentbrown•3 days ago

This is fun. Artsy, poignant, narrative. It reminds me of the fun internet, like in 2001.

oefrha•4 days ago

Everything other than “staffing” is amazing. “Staffing” needs to be more sentient.

zurfer•4 days ago

Bubble or not, this is great!

ardline•3 days ago

This is the kind of thing that looks simple until you're three layers deep in edge cases.

TOGoS•4 days ago

A master volume control would be nice (only because my browser doesn't have per-tab controls).

dijit•4 days ago

Honestly only 100 servers are multiple of orders of magnitude louder than this.

I can't even hear myself think in a normal datacenter with 20 racks; if a bunch of them are starting up or are fully loaded then: no chance.

I don't think servers are quieter with GPUs in them.

katezm•4 days ago

this is genuinely lovely to work to. Something about the hum of servers is oddly motivating

winddude•4 days ago

some of those fans need to be replaced, sounds like a lot of bearings going

sethops1•4 days ago

This is great, haha

guitcastro•4 days ago

Half life vibes

r0b05•4 days ago

Cool as hell!

luaybs•4 days ago

Fun!

drcongo•4 days ago

I was hoping to hear a loud POP

tartoran•4 days ago

This may end in a sputter.

energy123•4 days ago

I'd like this but with pleasant sounds

intelkishan•3 days ago

There’s https://mynoise.net for a variety of ambient sounds

PunchyHamster•4 days ago

just search for ambient noise generator, there are bunch of them

reaperducer•4 days ago

The iPhone comes with a bunch built in.

https://support.apple.com/en-us/109346

JSR_FDED•3 days ago

Thanks! That page also refers to some Apple Musix playlists that are excellent for sleep, relaxation, focus.

DataCenter.FM – background noise app featuring the sound of the AI bubble

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