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Yeah I think comments should be restricted to people who have lived in regular 37C/100F plus days. That will be most of us soon enough. Sure keep your AC off to

• Aachen 2mo ago
  The options aren't ≥37° xor =18°. Setpoints are ubiquitous and timers very common, too. They nearly got somewhere when talking about cooling different rooms by different amounts! I don't do sports but assuming the muscle heat requirement is a thing, how does anyone exercise or do heavy work outside in countries where the temperature falls to 18° some days of the year? Presumably one could use a jacket? And how do the office workers manage in 18° air? I'm a dude and I'd still freeze my nipples off when doing desk work when you can cook eggs outside and I came in a t-shirt. There's so much here that isn't explored and then the story ends open-ended. It doesn't seem useful even as an n=1 anecdote
  • TeMPOraL 2mo ago
    > I don't do sports but assuming the muscle heat requirement is a thing Metabolism produces heat, human bodies have a complex heat management system, that for reasons of physics, is much better at heating itself up when it's cold, than cooling itself when it's hot. > how does anyone exercise or do heavy work outside in countries where the temperature falls to 18° some days of the year? 18°C is t-shirt territory if you're exercising or doing physical work. As you go below that, you adjust your clothing to keep enough body heat, trying to maintain the point when you aren't sweating badly at peak effort.
    • Aachen 2mo ago
      So I hear you say the muscles make their own heat and 18 is plenty warm to not need any clothing beyond what you'd wear for decency (which I'd agree with btw, the times I've speedwalked 20 minutes to a train at 20C and arrived sweaty no matter what I threw off.. that is with a backpack though) Yet the author considers that temperature unworkable for their sport due to muscle heat and sweating requirements. Another thing about the story that doesn't add up..
      • TeMPOraL 2mo ago
        I think yoga is primarily about the state of mind anyway, and the author has some kind of force 10 storm going on in there. I suspect there is no temperature that'd made them happy.
  • hahahaa 2mo ago
    Rather than setpoints I am talking about the amount of energy in the air outside and locked into the thermal mass of the building. If the AC got turned off last night the building is sort of like the burning embers of a fire that will reheat the room, then at 8 or 9am you are at 30C and your building is getting that energy too. To win that race your AC may need to come in early and start bailing out BTUs before the race begins. Even earlier than a yogi rises from bed to their practice! The 25c setting is usually a basic thermometer and then on/off or maybe power adjustment to the unit.
    • Aachen 2mo ago
      Sure but you could start by setting it to e.g. 22C instead of 18, maybe that works for the muscle people as well as being low enough that it can keep up later in the day I don't see 25c mentioned anywhere btw, the 18 I'm referencing is what the author says they walked into when it had been on during the night