the entire east side of my apartment is made of glass. im expecting I can cover roughly three fifths of it with highly reflective material, reducing radiant contributions to heating by about 50% in the earlier part of the day
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if i have enough material and i can figure out how to get closer to the ceiling without killing myself i might be able to increase this to 80%
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i am at War with the sun
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i was awake until sunrise today. i saw the yellow face slowly creeping over the misty mountains to the east and glowered at my enemy rising to oppress me. tomorrow she comes again, with greater force perhaps she will win this time. but eventually i will destroy her
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my hope for tomorrow is that (i) im able to get tons of net cooling done during the night with the tiny AC unit, and that (ii) the reflective material covering my windows reduces radiant heating to the point that
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(iii) the little AC unit doesnt lose too much ground to conduction during the day tomorrow when it gets to be 108 fucking degrees in seattle, so that (iv) my baby and my cats do not die of heat poisoning
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Replying to @eigenrobot
Somewhat useful information: Cats are originally a desert species and (aside from snow-adapted landraces like the Norwegian forest cat) prefer temperatures warmer than humans do, thus the sleeping in sunbeams
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yeah I know but she's 16 and she seems kind of uncomfortable just lying on the floor splayed out looking mournful
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if all else fails, you could probably pack everyone up and stay a day or two in a, say, Snohomish hotel on the cheap
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yeah im keeping that in my back pocket problem is that would be hard on Penny (cat) too so its a last resort
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