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But where is that mythical person who is sweating in 22C/70F while wearing summer-appropriate (thin) clothes? I've never met anyone like that. Besides...forcin

But where is that mythical person who is sweating in 22C/70F while wearing summer-appropriate (thin) clothes? I've never met anyone like that. Besides...forcing lots of people to carry sweatshirts around during summertime, just so they have some additional layers of clothing ready to be put on when they enter a home doesn't sound like "make everyone happy". It sounds like a huge inconvenience.

seanmcdirmid 7y ago
I sweat at very low temperatures when the humidity is high, 20C is fine, 24C my arms will begin sweat up a bit, 26C then I'm thinking I should just quit for the day. Then I'm writing code, so that sweat sticks down to whatever desk I'm using, especially if I'm wearing short sleeves. So you can tell me (a) my arms shouldn't rest on the desk while I'm typing. Maybe, but it's not like I'm a "typist", I'm a programmer. And (b) maybe I should sweat at such low temperatures. Honestly, a lot has to do with the airflow and it seems difficult for buildings to circulate air without cooling things down unless they are throwing heat into it. > Besides...forcing lots of people to carry sweatshirts around during summertime, just so they have some additional layers of clothing ready to be put on when they enter a home doesn't sound like "make everyone happy" You really don't have to carry it around. Many people keep light sweaters at work. Bottom line, they are thinking about the difference between a programmer working at 100% and one working at 50%. And we are splitting hairs here: 22C is pretty ideal. 26C is not ideal at all. But people are all over the map on this. OSHA claims that anywhere from 68F (20C) to 76F (24.5C) works well. But you also need to consider humidity, and oftentimes the only thing that can take humidity out of the air is...the HVAC.

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But where is that mythical person who is sweating in 22C/70F while wearing summer-appropriate (thin) clothes? I've never met anyone like that. Besides...forcin

by Slartie 7y ago

seanmcdirmid 7y ago
I sweat at very low temperatures when the humidity is high, 20C is fine, 24C my arms will begin sweat up a bit, 26C then I'm thinking I should just quit for the day. Then I'm writing code, so that sweat sticks down to whatever desk I'm using, especially if I'm wearing short sleeves. So you can tell me (a) my arms shouldn't rest on the desk while I'm typing. Maybe, but it's not like I'm a "typist", I'm a programmer. And (b) maybe I should sweat at such low temperatures. Honestly, a lot has to do with the airflow and it seems difficult for buildings to circulate air without cooling things down unless they are throwing heat into it. > Besides...forcing lots of people to carry sweatshirts around during summertime, just so they have some additional layers of clothing ready to be put on when they enter a home doesn't sound like "make everyone happy" You really don't have to carry it around. Many people keep light sweaters at work. Bottom line, they are thinking about the difference between a programmer working at 100% and one working at 50%. And we are splitting hairs here: 22C is pretty ideal. 26C is not ideal at all. But people are all over the map on this. OSHA claims that anywhere from 68F (20C) to 76F (24.5C) works well. But you also need to consider humidity, and oftentimes the only thing that can take humidity out of the air is...the HVAC.