In this episode Gary and Chris attempt to uncover meaning in “52 Hertz Whale”, which surely can’t be as straightforward as to describe an actual whale. Also, the range of hearing, elephants, USB-C adoption and what’s on Chris’ desk, costumes you’d put your daughter in, and what we’re reading.
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- 52 Hz is not lower than humans can hear, nor is 40 Hz (or 400). Humans can hear a range of frequencies between 20 – 20,000Hz, but hear best between 1,000 – 5,000Hz. (Discovery of Sound in the Sea, University of Rhode Island)
- Bloop (Wikipedia)
- Elephants communicate long-distance using subsonic ‘infrasound’ (Raw Story)
- How to speak whale (YouTube, Finding Nemo)
- How a Transplanted Face Transformed Katie Stubblefield’s Life (National Geographic)
- The Loneliest Whale in the World? (Washington Post)
- The World’s Loneliest Whale May Not Be Alone After All (BBC)
- 52-Hertz Whale (Wikipedia)
- Responsible Communication Style Guide (Recompiler)
- Metaphors We Compute By – Alvaro Videla (YouTube, JSCONF EU 2018)