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A/C only has two settings: off and too cold. Some people like too cold though. And a nice vest fixes the problem. I don't actually mind the ambient temperature

A/C only has two settings: off and too cold. Some people like too cold though. And a nice vest fixes the problem. I don't actually mind the ambient temperature being low as long as I can keep warm.

dx034 7y ago
I worked in offices where workers can set the ac temperature. At least half the people are always unhappy and the temperature becomes on of the main discussion points. If they're set centrally, at least everyone can complain together instead of complaining about each other.
- Ntrails 7y ago
  I want climate control, not aircon. ie - keep a single consistent sodding temperature. As it is we spend the day toggling the aircon on/off depending whether it's currently freezing or too warm in the office. The consistency with which office aircon can be unfit for purpose is astonishing.
  - SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
    As someone who works in an office with heating and cooling they just oscillate wildly - you end with a office that heats or cools seemingly at random, or one area fighting another as one corner tries to heat like crazy as the other blows cold air across the others thermostat.
jolfdb 7y ago
What fixes frozen fingers?
- dsfyu404ed 7y ago
  Doing something that requires moving them. If you're furiously typing obscene code comments your fingers will be warm. If you're mindlessly clicking the "approve" button on the PRs your fingers will be cold.
- shade 7y ago
  My hands are almost always cold in the winter here (NE Ohio) and I've found a couple of things that help with that while still letting me get work done. Fingerless mittens are one option, and while they don't cover your actual fingers, just warming your hands up helps a lot. I can still type and use a trackpad just fine with them. If you don't need to use a touch-sensitive device with them, the really thin, lightweight gloves that are meant to be a layer underneath a heavier pair actually work great. I can work in them as normal and only give up a little bit of my normal typing speed; not enough to be a hindrance when doing software development since typing speed isn't the bottleneck anyway.

A/C only has two settings: off and too cold. Some people like too cold though. And a nice vest fixes the problem. I don't actually mind the ambient temperature being low as long as I can keep warm.

dx034 7y ago

I worked in offices where workers can set the ac temperature. At least half the people are always unhappy and the temperature becomes on of the main discussion points. If they're set centrally, at least everyone can complain together instead of complaining about each other.

Ntrails 7y ago
I want climate control, not aircon. ie - keep a single consistent sodding temperature. As it is we spend the day toggling the aircon on/off depending whether it's currently freezing or too warm in the office. The consistency with which office aircon can be unfit for purpose is astonishing.
- SketchySeaBeast 7y ago
  As someone who works in an office with heating and cooling they just oscillate wildly - you end with a office that heats or cools seemingly at random, or one area fighting another as one corner tries to heat like crazy as the other blows cold air across the others thermostat.

jolfdb 7y ago

What fixes frozen fingers?

dsfyu404ed 7y ago
Doing something that requires moving them. If you're furiously typing obscene code comments your fingers will be warm. If you're mindlessly clicking the "approve" button on the PRs your fingers will be cold.
shade 7y ago
My hands are almost always cold in the winter here (NE Ohio) and I've found a couple of things that help with that while still letting me get work done. Fingerless mittens are one option, and while they don't cover your actual fingers, just warming your hands up helps a lot. I can still type and use a trackpad just fine with them. If you don't need to use a touch-sensitive device with them, the really thin, lightweight gloves that are meant to be a layer underneath a heavier pair actually work great. I can work in them as normal and only give up a little bit of my normal typing speed; not enough to be a hindrance when doing software development since typing speed isn't the bottleneck anyway.