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Boeing’s Starliner started making a repeating ‘pulsing’ sound yesterday (www.theverge.com)

submitted 2 months ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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[–] booly@sh.itjust.works 60 points 2 months ago (2 children)

It is a noise coming through the speakers themselves. As many have pointed out, it is almost definitely feedback of some form.

Like back in the day when leaving a 2G GSM phone next to some computer speakers, it would make certain buzzes as it was receiving a text message or phone call.

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 25 points 2 months ago (3 children)

This happened to me at work, a coworker planted a listening device in a wooden mallard and gave it to me as a gift. He was trying to collect evidence against me for attempted blackmail. I put my phone next to it and heard the staticky feedback which gave it away.

[–] Weirdmusic@lemmy.world 21 points 2 months ago (1 children)

What tha heck? You can't just leave us hanging, How'd that play out?

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 30 points 2 months ago

Haha I was just kidding, that was a plotline on The Office.

[–] jaybone@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Why would a listening device have speakers though?

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 19 points 2 months ago

Because he used a walkie talkie in the wooden mallard as a listening device and it was actually from an episode of The Office

[–] ChillPenguin@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

But did you check your pens?

[–] misterdoctor@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Haha no? What kind of a psychopath would use a secondary listening device?

[–] Cocodapuf@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

The kind of psychopath that uses the first?