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tbabb on July 7, 2018 | parent | context | favorite | on: 52-hertz whale

If someone were trying to disguise a submarine as a whale, why wouldn't they give it a normal whale voice?

userbinator on July 7, 2018 | [–]

Because 52Hz might be easier and have some other advantages (like perhaps masking some other more identifiable sounds)?

singularity2001 on July 7, 2018 | [–]

why 'trying to disguise', could be inadvertent machine noise?

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