I’ve had a hobby project on the back burner for quite a while using some esp8266s and thermal cameras for presence detection. Got one working pretty well in a small room.
Pretty sure when I saw the original post talking about the design, they said the students were only working with electric leaf blowers. So this was designed to make electric leaf blowers even quieter.
“Everyone deals in absolutes” sure sounds a lot like an absolute. It’s easier to fall into using absolutes in short form, instantaneous internet comments.