Awning. They're a great way to reduce the need for AC by providing shade in treeless regions.
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80% of the flats where I live have one above their balcony - and we are not even close to treeless.
I was really bewildered by the idea that someone might not know what these are...
In some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they're uncommon. There's a technology connections video about them that touches on it
But AC wouldn't cover the balcony (which here is the most common usecase for awnings)?
they still help block sunshine from heating your south wall, which reduces the need for AC indoors.
(hello to the 10% of humans who live in the southern hemisphere, i did eventually remember you exist too)
Well, it would also help blocking sunshine from heating their south wall too, but before that, something must have gone horribly, horribly wrong...
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Only slightly off topic here: I can recommend Larry Niven's short story "Inconstant Moon" :-)
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In some places where air conditioning is omnipresent they're uncommon
Not really... People don't blast AC to their outdoor porch.
AC is everywhere in the US, and we still have plenty of awnings
Both of these are regional. Growing up in Ohio awnings were rare. And in some states ac is more or less common. I know in Washington's Puget Sound region it's more or less only in new construction because before the past decade or so it's been mild all year.
I just don't know how its named in English, where I'm from they're toldos
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Thank you Alec from Technology Connection.
But he’s right though.
Also heat pumps!
Heat pumps are awesome!
I first heard about them when I was praising space heaters as a 100% efficient machine, and I was delighted to hear that there's somehow a more efficient heater XD
Especially heat pumps!
Also heat pumps!
Isn't that not just another word for AC in this context?
Here's the thing. You said a "heatpump is a A/C."
Is it in the same family? Yes. No one's arguing that.
As someone who is a scientist who studies A/C's, I am telling you, specifically, in science, no one calls heat pumps A/C's. If you want to be "specific" like you said, then you shouldn't either. They're not the same thing.
If you're saying "A/C family" you're referring to the taxonomic grouping of HVACae, which includes things from fans to swamp coolers to radiators.
So your reasoning for calling a heat pump a A/C is because random people "call the heat exchanger thingies A/C?" Let's get refridgerators and freezers in there, then, too.
Also, calling someone a human or an ape? It's not one or the other, that's not how taxonomy works. They're both. A heat pump is a heat pump and a member of the A/C family. But that's not what you said. You said a heat pump is a A/C, which is not true unless you're okay with calling all members of the heat exchanger family A/C's, which means you'd call refridgerators, freezers, and other heat exchangers A/C's, too. Which you said you don't.
It's okay to just admit you're wrong, you know?
Know anything about jackdaws...?
Here’s the thing. You said a “heatpump is a A/C.”
Er... No?
I said "In this context" (using it to keep a room cool), a heat pump is AC.
No generalization, specifically just this usecase.
And while the rest of your rant is not wrong, it just does not apply to what I actually said...
Here is the context of this copy-pasta: I am referencing an old redditor named Unidan, and this post was his downfall. https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/people/unidan
It is fun to take the copy-pasta and modify it to fit any all X are Y but not all Y are X type situations, to reference this bit of our shared internet history in a tongue in cheek manner. I don't actually have any problem with calling heat pumps multi-purpose A/Cs.
Oh... So... LOL!
Thanks for the explanation, now this is actually really funny.
And you also did a pretty good job adapting it to the topic, thought you to be an actual ranting air conditioning nerd! :-)
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My AC does sound like a murder of crows…
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Basically an energy shield protecting against the giant uncontrollable fusion reactor in the sky.
The lost technology of awnings. Technology Connections strikes again!
Since no one has provided the Technology Connections link yet... Enjoy losing the next 20 minutes to learning about awnings!
Wait, he did a video on awnings? That sounds like a fascinating half hour I never knew I needed.
Don't need to look to know it's at least an hour.
Not dedicated to awnings, I think it was part of one of his home heating/cooling videos. Been awhile. He convinced me to put them on my house the next time I do the roof.
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It either breaks your fall or you leave a hole that is a perfect silhouette of your prone figure.
Happens in real life, too:
https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/man-in-minneapolis-falls-16-stories-is-saved-by-awning/
Jackie Chan enters the chat...
Edit: it's yt, use adblock if possible.
I love how they show both takes back-to-back in the final cut. It makes no sense from a continuity perspective, but if he's insane enough do that shit twice you're damn right we want to see it.
I want to know how he still walks, let alone is still alive, after all these dangerous stunts and accidents.
He landed wrong in a film called Armour of God, hit a ruck and crushed his skull.
Whereas I picked up something incorrectly a few decades back and I still struggle to walk at times!! The man is/was elastic, and insane.
Huh... I would have imagined a falling person would rip the rivets right out of the fabric and have part of the frame go up their ass, killing them even harder.
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These should be mandatory around the first floor of all high rise buildings. Think about the lives it would hilariously save.
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I strongly believe the "Death" and cartoon characters should be swapped for this
Hey it's not just cartoon characters, an awning also saved Indiana Jones' life!
SunSetter retractable awning.
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