Clojurians Log v2

my brain slows down at about 28 degrees. Hope you all made it through all right!

My partner and I fled to the seaside on Rügen. It was 10-12° cooler than Berlin, but still very hot for cycling 🥵

I learned last summer that I actually prefer temperatures where I'm able to move around 😂 Took me a third of a decade to discover!

I think it was LKY who praised the AC and made civilizational development possible in the tropics. You can't think or work when it gets that hot and humid.

Yeah, there's definitely an operating range for human wetware. It varies by person, but there are also absolute bounds. Like @teodorlu, I cannot think past 28° or so, especially in the face of humidity. Currently considering relocation to CPH as a climate refugee…

tbh I fail to understand why you guys won't just install AC units

key word there is "just". these things cost money. to buy and operate. and depending on the situation it can be quite costly to install.

I could have gotten one and may get one, but there's a stubbornness in me against smoothing over problems. For a headache, would sleep and water be better than painkillers?

You'll sleep a lot better and have no headaches with AC 😁

What's your threshold for expensive considering you'll use them every summer for years hence?

I rent, so no "just" installing anything here, sadly

@ben.sless somehow turns into an American twitter user 😆 I live in the converted attic of an 1880s building. Everything about this place was designed to make it as warm as possible in winter because the historical weather in Berlin was never like this. There are no correctly shaped windows for a window unit, nor open sections of outward facing wall for one of the candybar units you see in Spain. To do this properly for this flat is a ~10k€ job, and I’m renting. 🤷🏻‍♂️ The good news is that outside of heat waves it’s fine. The bad news is that there will only be more and worse heat waves in the future. 😞

I see your point