her list had plenty of stuff I could care less about
politics
Thursday, December 19, 2024
I think its more so anything that is actively drawing passive power
so things with lights on them or whatever
her rationale was fire safety
Replying to Dialga #god_of_time i only got my first one when i started taking GED classes, which was around the time i would have been in like, 11th grade i think it was
My first one was in grade 12 because my mom wanted me to have one since I would be bussing to university
I did not want one at any point before that
maybe power costs more where you are Pika, but in VA I feel like the cost of my wasteful energy use is $20/year max
I am just stingy spooky
and individual things literally arre worthless
Replying to Phijkchu_Pikachu #klombak I did not want one at any point before that
yeah pretty much the same scenario.
my electric bill is usually 60-75/month
yeah it's more expensive there then
the streamer house with my servers, plants, and not giving a shit about power draw, I pay about the same
I know it is legitimately negligable, it just feels wrong
Same reason I shut my phone off at night
I am not using it, it is off
I mean, I agree with Pika at some level
because I turn off my car when I'm not using it
so it is a cost thing
I have a proper alarm clock
Also yes, that is unplugged spooky
if electricity was expensive, I'd probably have mechanisms that turn stuff off, probably just have a breaker level cutoff switch for everything but the fridges/computers
but it's on-par with what I pay for water
which is to say, essentially free
I am glad I do not pay for water
or heat
he collects rain water
water and heat are covered in my rent
I only have to pay for electricity
natural gas for heating is the most expensive part of the streamer house, but it's also one that I don't really give a fuck about
I'm not setting up elaborate heating cycles to save a buck
(that part of the house actually does work that wad Dialga)
I have 2 heaters for different sections of the house
Spooky, unironically just get a series of fans to blow air from the computer room around the house
and the one that serves the server area is off most of the winter
I wonder how well that would work
until it gets REALLY cold
the other part of the house though, needs heat
I also turned my thermostat all the way down despite not paying for heat before leaving
it just felt correct to do
I'll do it if I'm traveling for multiple days
but not off completely
just down to like 66 or w/e
I do not get options, mine is 0 to 30, Idk what that means in terms of the thermostat, because its not 0 to 30 degrees
70 is the perfect temp for winter imo, 72 if it's extremely cold out
and then like I said I'll drop it to 66 or w/e if I'm traveling
I don't actually know how low you're supposed to drop it, ig I can look that up
chatGPT says 55
google ai top answer says 50-60 so that tracks
ok apparently it's not 66, it's 62
I just looked at my preset
Luckily, if pipes freeze and burst in my apartment building, it is literally not my fault and they had bigger issues
Also I cannot cool my apartment because there is no cooling system
So my options are heating, and off, and I just choose off when I am gone
my dorm freshman year of college was like that
Fuck you Spooky, why is it no longer 1:30
I guess I am not watching anime
ok Pika, last plug question
if you had a drink cooler or second fridge
would you leave that plugged in
main frige, obvious yes
but this one is just for drinks or non-perishables
I unplugged the minifridge I had next to my desk in kitchener when I left for kingston, but that is less fair because I was leaving for a majority of the time
for you, ig it's lemonade and root beer
If it was full, I'd not unplug it. If it was basically empty, yes I probably would
and just move anything left to the main fridge
you know, I didn't consider consolidating the contents
you win this round
idk Pika, I forget if I mentioned this in the server or not