AI is an easy scapegoat when you don’t want to take accountability for your actions. I’m not questioning these elements potentially playing a role in this particular situation. However, the US has also been bombing school children before the adoption of AI.

Oh, how I long to be a tram driver taking part in the annual tram drivers competition! Oh, how I dream of public transit!

and the incredible lung capacity of wolves

Yes! It has always been a story about aerobic exercise and the importance of having a good VO2 Max. So you can use it to… *checks notes* destroy housing, I guess

In my experience, setting frequent alarms could help with time-blindess. Having an alarm or a pop-up go off every 20-30 minutes won’t ensure you’re focused on the right task, but it will build more awareness to the amount of time that has passed since you’ve been off-track/distracted/going on random rabbit holes.

Have you found it to be reliable? Online discussions around e-mail servers point to potential deliverability issues, so I was wondering about your experience with it.

Have a home server, and I’ve been considering self-hosting my e-mail. At least as an experiment, if it turns out to be inconsistent.

What those don’t address is quantity per category. There’s way more cars than motorbikes on the roads (in Switzerland and most EU/North America areas).

This is an important factor. Most of the comments seem to be fixating on motorbikes as one of the biggest sources of noise pollution based on sound intensity. I understand this, but it doesn’t speak to my experience.

From my apartment I can rarely hear a motorbike, while the car noise is near-constant. I sometimes close my windows during the day specifically because of this. I find it overstimulating not due to its intensity, but due to the unending nature of it. ‘That basic rumble you can never escape’ is a good way to put it.

So, for someone in the same situation (which would be most people living in a city) removing noise caused by cars would lead to a much more significant quality-of-life improvement compared to removing its motorbike counterpart. Even if motorbikes are louder.