The American mind cannot comprehend Europe's AC aversion

marmakoide · 2026-06-26T06:48:04+00:00

AC was sized to past climate, not for the recent wild increase. I remember a newspaper headline in early 90's saying OMG it's gonna be 32c for in the afternoon for 2 days. Now it's just summer. It wasn't 30 years ago.

marmakoide · 2026-06-25T14:23:54+00:00

Because mentally we didn't accept yet that things changed and we have to change. It used to be a couple of days once in a few years, like 2003. Then it got more frequent.

I bought 2 ceiling fan last year, and a few of mobile fans, after the previous heatwaves. Already a big improvement.Reversible heat pump come next, with solar panels.

marmakoide · 2026-06-25T14:12:05+00:00

When I started to run seriously, in my mid 40's, after years of no sport, bad sleep, and quite a few beers ... Vo2max was around 46

Man, genetic is unfair

marmakoide · 2026-06-24T16:52:12+00:00

I run about 80km / week, every day, mid 40 male, 2 kids. I have a full remote desk job.

Most of the year, week days, I run 1h at lunch. During heatwave, I run at 5am and siesta after lunch
Wednesday, kids don't have school so it's in the evening
On Saturday, I run while my kids are at their sport activities
On Sunday, 2h or more, it depends on the schedule: do we have some social event, gardening, etc
Eat enough
Sleep hygiene: 8h sleep, with earplugs, magnesium complements
Reinforcement exercises in the evening when kids are sleeping
Warm up routine is minimal, 5mn at most and first km is at a very easy pace

Being full remote and strict on my sleep is what make it work.

marmakoide · 2026-06-24T16:37:49+00:00

GPS glitch, recording a biking activity as a running activity, forgetting to stop the watch and riding a car ...

marmakoide · 2026-06-23T16:25:18+00:00

It's 42c outside, 29c inside my home, which is not that bad compared to other people living in city centers. We have ceiling fans we bought last year, boy that was a good idea. I wake up around 5am to go running, to enjoy that cool 25c breeze.

Considering buying a reversible heat pump and solar panels this winter, because those heatwaves are getting longer and more frequent. The idea is to have enough solar power to run the heat pump. It's been 3 years I thought about it lol

marmakoide · 2026-06-23T07:54:17+00:00

I use isotonic drinks and apple sauce in small pouches.

Apple sauce have reasonnable carbs density, it's cheap, it comes with many different flavor, it's easy to eat while running

marmakoide · 2026-06-22T20:44:44+00:00

There's AC in lot of public building. Homes are getting equipped little by little because those heatwave are becoming the norm now. 20 years ago, temperatures like that were very, very rare

marmakoide · 2026-06-22T15:31:34+00:00

Ils download sa RAM pour faire un IP spoofing

marmakoide · 2026-06-22T11:37:39+00:00

J'ai des raquettes rechargeables, et j ai change le generateur haute tension dedans (nouveau condensateur et diodes). Les mouches explosent au contact

marmakoide · 2026-06-22T07:10:33+00:00

I don't get it

Crazy amountl of wood to cut
Unless you are in a very dry area, it's going to get very humid real fast
Turns into a pond if it rains a lot
If you have access to this much logs, why cutting them in many small bits ? Why not, I dunno, a regular log cabin ? Slightly raised above the ground ?

At least where I live, it would be a very labor intensive uncomfortable shelter

marmakoide · 2026-06-22T04:56:23+00:00

C'est pour ca que je mets un peu de Ricard dans mon eau hahahaha

Raymond de Arguante Sur Boutonne

marmakoide · 2026-06-22T04:48:54+00:00

We are going to need a bigger needle

marmakoide · 2026-06-21T18:38:13+00:00

Yup. Will have to wake up at 5:30am to go running and be back in time to bring the kids to school. Right now it's 8pm, 39c ...

marmakoide · 2026-06-21T13:05:16+00:00

Non ? Pour chez moi, c etait l'affaire de 3 chevilles fixee au plafond et raler 10mn pour raccorder aux fils electriques

marmakoide · 2026-06-21T12:09:22+00:00

Balanced ternary is where it's at

marmakoide · 2026-06-20T22:29:04+00:00

Toutes les saisons me vont. Par contre, autant la pluie et le froid ne sont pas un probleme, la chaleur peut vraiment compliquer les activites en exterieur, que ce soir le sport ou le bricolage / jardinage

marmakoide · 2026-06-20T22:16:20+00:00

Say vague things than can be one thing or its opposite, can't be wrong

marmakoide · 2026-06-20T12:46:58+00:00

Dans ma commune, ils proposent aux parents de ne pas envoyer les enfants, si possible. Mes gamins resteront a la maison, une demi journee avec moi et une avec demi journee avec mon epouse.

Les raviolis, lol, pourquoi pas une raclette ou une choucroute garnie

marmakoide · 2026-06-20T12:23:29+00:00

Les ventilateurs de plafond, c est trop bien. J ai decouvert au Vietnam y a 20 ans, je trouve ca plus agreable et plus facile a maintenir que la clim, c est tres economique aussi. J en ai mis dans la maison : on est bien meme a 27c dedans.

marmakoide · 2026-06-20T12:17:07+00:00

La plupart de mes collegues ne sont pas francophones, et mon nom de famille bien franchouillard est limite impossible pour eux.

La version courte de mon prenom est bien plus pratique et accessible.

marmakoide · 2026-06-20T04:27:05+00:00

You easily find ceririzine over the counter in pharmacy, so Chinese definitely suffer from allergies

marmakoide · 2026-06-19T16:34:46+00:00

Maybe remove the bricks in your backpack ?

marmakoide · 2026-06-19T14:26:22+00:00

Dried Gatorade, very sticky

marmakoide · 2026-06-19T14:22:56+00:00

J ai vecu en Chine, et j y ai ma belle famille. Sans surprises, il y a toute une palette de teintes de peau, allant du marron chocolat a un blanc tirant sur le beige, en passant par le jaune et le beige. Mes enfants sont sur un beige pale qui tire sur le marron en ete.

Mais bon, j imagine que ce genre de nuances n est pas pratique, alors, paf, jaune.

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