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Agreed but that’s sadly not the case for most US buildings.

Source? Generally, construction methods in the US include significant insulation especially in retail, office and residential construction. Malls and office buildings retain higher internal air pressures to keep the hot air from getting in. It's why many shops give you that cold air breeze when you open the door.

There’s loads of those now, swanky beach bars with outdoor aircon. Also loads of places with bifold doors all opened up and aircon on so high the people inside are wearing jackets.

Imagine how many idiots have bought a/c units this week and will hammer them every time it gets over 25 degrees.

Until they get their first electricity bill, I suspect, at current prices.

Source?

Here’s one.
https://www.hersindex.com/articles/vast-majority-u-s-homes-insulated/

Imagine how many idiots have bought a/c units this week and will hammer them every time it gets over 25 degrees.

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There are just over 1bn single-room air conditioning units in the world right now – about one for every seven people on earth. Numerous reports have projected that by 2050 there are likely to be more than 4.5bn, making them as ubiquitous as the mobile phone is today. The US already uses as much electricity for air conditioning each year as the UK uses in total. The IEA projects that as the rest of the world reaches similar levels, air conditioning will use about 13% of all electricity worldwide, and produce 2bn tonnes of CO2 a year – about the same amount as India, the world’s third-largest emitter, produces today.
“

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/aug/29/the-air-conditioning-trap-how-cold-air-is-heating-the-world

Paying that bit extra for a product feature only to find it doesn’t live up to the claim.
For example, I’ve been conned into buying useless ‘reinforced’ garden hose more than once...

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But at the same time some heat pumps to keep us warm in the winter could help reduce energy usage.

I totally agree. Has happened me more than once 😡

Many people I know have started saying SPF. But you're not putting on bloody Sun Protection Factor are you? SPF is a property of the thing you're putting on. That's like saying "I'm putting on my red" when you mean your red shirt. You aren't putting on red, you're putting on a shirt. Plonkers

I hate fucking electric toothbrushes. The technology hasn't improved since the 90s and I bet they probably cost the same back then if not less. Shit motor that costs a few pennies, shit battery that lasts about 6 minutes total, shit buzz at 2 mins that no one pays attention to. That's it. The designers must change the colours a bit every year but otherwise they've just fucking sat around doing nothing for decades.

A while ago I bought a new one because my old one was basically dead. The new one was weaker and shitter than the one it replaced. The old one had a blinky light so you could tell it was charging (wow, the fucking pinnacle of technology) and for the new one they couldn't spare the expense for that feature.

Now the new one's battery is on its way out. Why don't you fucking put in a replaceable battery you pricks? Oh because it would obliterate your entire fucking business and you'd have to actually improve your product to get people to buy it? Fair enough then, guess we'll just have to keep throwing them in the e-waste where they can be incinerated and some children in the third world can get a bit more lung cancer. Here's another £40, cheers.

No I don't want a fucking toothbrush app either. Just make the battery and bristly bit replaceable and charge a fiver for it. Job done

Good rant, but had mine for (edit: just checked, 3) years and the battery still lasts for weeks.

Had an oral b with replaceable batteries, cost £9. Lasted 2, maybe 3 years before the motor gave out. Bought a £36 oral b with the stupidest recessed button and activity mode (normal-sensitive-extra polish) I’ve ever had on any device. Bought it because it has a pressure indicator, which turned out actually useless for me. The motor feels more powerful and less clunky, but I’m not sure my teeth are getting any cleaner than before.

And yeah, a toothbrush app? Fucksake.

And yeah, a toothbrush app? Fucksake.

We've got the Oral B Bluetooth one. Because a tech person would love a Bluetooth tooth brush for Christmas, right?

Comes with wall mount for your phone so you can have the app open as you brush.. sensors detect if you've under brushed specific areas of your mouth.

It's probably one of the stupidest things I've ever been given. I tried the Bluetooth feature once, got angry, and have never used it again.

Edit: and to be clear, despite not using the app, I somehow still manage to brush my teeth ok. Who knew?

I got one from Aldi for about £20 and it shits on the Sonicare it replaced.

I generally agree that the components of anything plastic ought to be replaceable. See my meltdown in the Di2 thread about the 2p piston seal on my shifter rendering the whole unit scrap.

I just had to buy a new shaver. It too has Bluetooth.

No. Just no.

Yeah, I couldn't figure out how to enable Bluetooth on the last shaver I bought:

I think one of us is doing something wrong, perhaps ;-)

But how are you meant to know if there's any hair left over if you don't have an app to tell you?

Alright Sweeney Todd, pipe down.....

(Is the the one made by the guy we saw at Japan House?)

Good point. Fuck. I haven't thought this through.....

What about this? Fucking pointless to the point of irritating
https://youtube.com/watch?v=OTx8WrtVEUM&feature=share

the the one made by the guy we saw at Japan House?

Nah. That's a Kamisori:

You lot trying to tell me that it is isn't actually useful?

I find this really, really disturbing. I'm not really sure why, but it makes me feel very uncomfortable.