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Somewhat tangential, but in my first NYC apartment, our radiator was absolutely terrible, and did a miserable job getting the living room to an even remotely li
by tombert 4y ago
Somewhat tangential, but in my first NYC apartment, our radiator was absolutely terrible, and did a miserable job getting the living room to an even remotely livable temperature.
My solution? Two giant rack mount servers, running Foldign@Home at full capacity. Way I figured is that it's still 100% efficient at generating heat, but I might as well help drug research in the process.
- imhoguy 4y agoJust curious, how have you handled the noise?
- mhb 4y agoAnd the electric bill.
- tombert 4y agoWe don’t live there anymore, so we don’t, but we honestly just put up with it. I don’t have any pointers on that fact. To the child comment; I’ve told this story in the past but the tldr of it was that I was (unknowingly) not paying for the electricity in my apartment due to a broken meter. I didn’t break it, and I didn’t know it was broken; I just thought power was really cheap in NYC.
- compsciphd 4y agothat's the opposite problem that most people (from my experience) have in NYC. Apartments get too much heat (i.e. landlords can get seriously fined if they dont keep the building at a proper temp, so its just easier and safer for them to give too much heat). Also, many radiators in old buildings aren't really adjustable anymore (and hence you get all the heat). so its common for people in NYC to keep their windows open in the middle of winter to try to balance out the temperature.
- ljnelson 4y agoInterestingly, this is often by design: https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/945136599/how-spanish-flu-pandemic-changed-home-heat-radiators#:~:text=CHANG%3A%20This%20design%20philosophy%20took,from%20coal%20to%20other%20fuels https://www.npr.org/2020/12/10/945136599/how-spanish-flu-pan....
- basicallybones 4y agoBased on my indoor CO2 readings when I shut my windows for a bit, I suspect this is a good thing for a lot of people.