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Mad genius, comedian, actor, and freelance voiceover artist broadcasting from the distant shores of Lake Erie (he/him)

Broadview Heights, Ohio
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    1. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 21

      Arthur Chu Retweeted Mental Floss

      I would like furniture that is extremely lightweight and easy to move on the day I'm moving it and from then onwards becomes extremely heavy and stablehttps://twitter.com/mental_floss/status/1363719160283365380 …

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      Mental FlossVerified account @mental_floss
      Furniture made of paper and inflatable plastic were thought to be on the horizon, though the latter only seemed to get as far as college dorm rooms. https://trib.al/mzDGb6M 
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    2. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 21

      I guess you could do that by nailing it down with screws or using magnets or some shit, I dunno

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    3. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 21

      I guess one cool fact that I kind of knew before but makes the world make more sense now that I know it explicitly is "thermal mass" Heavy, massive, substantial furniture makes the temperature in your house more comfortable

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    4. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 21

      Mass holds heat, the more of it there is the more heat it holds Thermal mass slows down "heat flux", the rate at which your space heats up or cools down in response to external conditions

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    5. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 21

      If you've ever been in an empty house that hasn't been moved into yet you might've noticed it -- a big empty room with nothing in it is likely to either be freezing or roasting When the sunlight comes in it the air heats up right away and when it goes down the heat all leaves

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    6. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 21

      And part of what the furniture and stuff does is soak up the heat so it doesn't get hot so quickly, and then at night slowly release that heat to slow the temperature drop It's a "buffer"

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    7. Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 21

      That's one reason stone stuff has gotten so trendy -- marble and granite and whatnot everywhere It's not *just* wealth signaling, because stone is expensive and having people move it around is also expensive

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      Arthur Chu‏Verified account @arthur_affect Feb 21

      The thing that makes stone so annoying -- that it is both bulky and heavy, it's a large amount of dense material and therefore very massive -- is what makes it objectively good for thermal regulation and can't be removed without removing that quality

      9:29 PM - 21 Feb 2021
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        1. Crisis! At the PTA zoom‏ @dominomask Feb 21
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          So a plastic-lined styro-sponge structure that firms up when you fill it with water...

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        2. Sam Schinke‏ @sschinke Feb 21
          Replying to @arthur_affect

          Of all the things that effect comfort in a house, the mass of furniture is literally the least important. As in, it doesn't even rate in energy efficiency literature.

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        3. Sam Schinke‏ @sschinke Feb 21
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          There are specific applications where thermal mass is employed, eg, radiant heating, around fireplaces & some passive cooling techniques. But it isn't remotely a factor in selecting countertops.

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        1. (((Barak)))‏ @lawnerdbarak Feb 22
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          Furniture with a hollow frame, and which you fill with water once you place it, could meet your specifications. The water has high specific heat capacity and mass.

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