[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Isn't there a black mirror episode about someone experiencing a terrible fate because of a malfunctioning brain implant that just got FDA approval?

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'll preface with my qualifications, so if a more qualified person comes along you can disregard me. I'm an engineer who has taken a few thermodynamics courses and has worked as an engineer for a hvac manufacturing plant. I've never done anything strictly related to geothermal, but I've read a decent bit about it (and watched Technology Connections' video on the subject, it's a good entry point)

You may want to call up a company who does geothermal cooling and see what options you have, they've gotten pretty creative on how to bury the cooling lines. (See the video mentioned before)

Going the route of just sticking a large water tank underground probably won't do a ton. I expect that you will have a poor surface to volume ratio, which means poor heat transfer, which means you'll saturate your thermal mass fairly quickly. What this may allow you to do is run your HVAC system during the night/morning when it's much more efficient, and 'charge' your thermal mass for the hottest part of the day.

Assuming you use 300kg of water in a day, and you can get a 10°C delta, my very rough back of the napkin math says you're only going to have about 3 kWh of cooling from just the cold water, which is a decent bit, but it's not a ton. Best case scenario you cut your cooling needs by around 10-20%.

I'm too lazy to do the math of the heat exhange with the ground, but my bet would be you're better off spending any money you have set aside for this on better insulation techniques and/or a proper geothermal cooling system.

I do like your creative idea though

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 12 points 1 year ago

I think it's funnier if it's the chicken nugget's

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

You don't matter to the world. You may matter to the small group of people who know you, but odds are you're insignificant

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 56 points 1 year ago

What does MKBHD have to do with this? He's just a tech reviewer who kinda fits between tech normie and tech conservative

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 21 points 1 year ago

This guy proves that being smart is not a prerequisite for being rich.

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 49 points 1 year ago

Yeah... My comments which were restored were deleted for several days before they started reappearing. That doesn't sound like a flaw on the scripts, but a flaw on how reddit handles bulk comment deletion.

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 14 points 1 year ago

There could just be no connection at all. Like how there's a positive correlation between shark attacks and box office sales for Nick Cage movies. There might be some relation between them, but more likely there is no link and it's just random noise that happens to line up particularly well.

The reason why you might see it used as an end statement is because there is no data or clear logical link between the subjects which were correlated. It's basically saying "unless you have some reason to believe they're linked, you should probably assume they're not"

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 year ago

It's not just a conspiracy theory that they have restored deleted comments.

I deleted all of my comments twice because they were restored after the "blackout" a few weeks ago, even though they were deleted well before that outage started.

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 24 points 1 year ago

Perfect control over memory.

So able to remember anything with high detail, but also able to forget the cringey stuff from middle school

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

This is exactly why I switched off daily driving Linux after a few months. I didn't find it hard to get things set up initially, but you keep running into constant issues that take hours to troubleshoot and fix.

I got to the point where if I booted up my computer to quickly do a task and I got a cryptic error message that I had to put into Google to fix one more time, I'm not wasn't going to troubleshoot it, I was going to throw my PC out the window.

I love the ideas behind Linux, and I love having open source alternatives to windows and Mac, and I've donated to a couple projects.... but based on my last attempt (1-2 years ago) Linux is still far from being a daily driver alternative on personal computers for the average person.

[-] _danny@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

I think you're looking for a storm door glass retainer. This does not look like weather stripping to me. Generally , weather strip goes on parts that are designed to move and need to seal (the soft black plastic around car doors). If it's soft and pliable, it's probably weatherstrip; if it's rigid and inflexible it's likely glass retainer.

I'd follow Decoy321's advice and take measurements and pictures, then go to your nearest hardware store. But odds are they won't have the exact match for the existing door, this glass retainer is generally unique between manufacturers and even within product lines.

You may have better luck going through a window and door installer and see how much it would be to get them to repair it, since the parts are so unique.

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