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Geek, Dyke, Brewer, Rider of Bikes, Archer, Quixotic, Generally Curious, Mostly Harmless, she/her

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Wilbur72, to random
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I’m sitting in the family room with my two teens. One is doing schoolwork and the other is reading a book. Neither are on their phone.

What in the name of everything holy is going on ?!?!? 🙀

quixoticgeek,
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@Wilbur72 WiFi down ?

Dangerous_beans, to random
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The local places are out of the blade steel I like, but there's a place in the US that stocks it. Shipping is a pain in the arse, but it's flat rate so it becomes reasonable if i order a few meters...

quixoticgeek,
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@Dangerous_beans which steel do you like to use? I'm currently using O1 (1.2510) cos it's easy to heat treat.

sinituulia, to random
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Reminded of this feature of Roman architecture, and 1700s European milk parlour or cheese house architecture that I vaguely recall and am too tired to currently re-look into: The Roman villas would have an open air room inside the walls of the house, shaded by overhanging roofs, and there would also be pools of water. The combination of circulation, shade and water evaporation would keep it one of the coolest rooms in the building.
(Vague recollections, please link a good article if handy!)

quixoticgeek,
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@sewblue @sinituulia it was interesting listening to an episode of 99% invisible about shade in LA, and how the original city layout was 45° off north/south. So that every building gets some shade. The same as how Cerdà designed Eixample in Barcelona also orientated 45° so as to take advantage of the position of the sun/shade. I think a lot of modern architecture has forgotten the importance of building to take account of the sun. Passive solar gain, shading, etc...

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@Dangerous_beans @sinituulia even here in the wet north we should be able to heat a home with a tea light, and it should need no active cooling...

We have the technology to do this. It's just not evenly distributed.

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@sewblue @sinituulia there's a pair of buildings on my street, they are mirrors of each other. The road runs east/west, this means on one building the main living space faces South and can take advantage of passive solar gain in winter, and boils in summer. Across the road. The same room is cold in winter, but doesn't get as warm in the summer. It feels like a massive design oversight to have built like this. Also the south facing living space would benefit greatly from a brised soliel...

quixoticgeek, to random
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OOps, I may have accidentally ordered some lego bricks...

quixoticgeek, to random
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Left home, got on bike, discovered rear tyre was flat. Swapped tube as fast as I could and got to work a bit late.

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