Joelk111

joined 2 years ago
[–] Joelk111 26 points 2 months ago

Mate, kWh is a measure of electricity volume, like gallons is to liquid. Also, 100 watt hours would be a much more sensical way to say the same thing. What you've said in the title is like saying your server uses 1 gallon of water. It's meaningless without a unit of time. Watts is a measure of current flow (pun intended), similar to a measurement like gallons per minute.

For example, if your server uses 100 watts for an hour it has used 100 watt hours of electricity. If your server uses 100 watts for 100 hours it has used 10000 watts of electricity, aka 10kwh.

My NAS uses about 60 watts at idle, and near 100w when it's working on something. I use an old laptop for a plex server, it probably uses like 50 watts at idle and like 150 or 200 when streaming a 4k movie, I haven't checked tbh. I did just acquire a BEEFY network switch that's going to use 120 watts 24/7 though, so that'll hurt the pocket book for sure. Soon all of my servers should be in the same place, with that network switch, so I'll know exactly how much power it's using.

[–] Joelk111 5 points 2 months ago

I just thought of a brand new completely different and revolutionary product. A toilet that flushes automatically when you get off the toilet using my patented technology Aii, Artificial Intelligence Infared. I'll call it the iToilet AI^2. I'm going to be rich.

[–] Joelk111 7 points 2 months ago

Instead of a toy beer we could just give them a real beer.

[–] Joelk111 4 points 2 months ago

I don't know what you want man. I like automating stuff so I don't have to worry about remembering as much.

[–] Joelk111 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I don't keep track of my weight so I could be wrong here, but more/less than last time wouldn't be very helpful as your weight can vary by the day. You need a trend over weeks to really see what's going on. I definitely wouldn't use pen/paper as it's just too much data to organize and graph, but excel would be a reasonable alternative.

[–] Joelk111 4 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Sure, and I could also turn on/off my lights with a switch instead of having them come on when I get home, and turn off when I leave.

[–] Joelk111 4 points 2 months ago (9 children)

I'd guess automatic history tracking. Step on it every morning and it'll automatically save your weight to Home Assistant or whatever so you can see if you're gaining/losing over time.

[–] Joelk111 1 points 2 months ago

Even if my partner and I were gaming 24/7 (we aren't) the pipes would freeze. My fridge is always set to max because, well, I like my things to be cold or frozen if they're supposed to be. I also have better things to do than run around opening blinds when the sun hits them, and closing them when a cloud passes by.

There are a lot more places that don't require a humidifier than Florida. Essentially any rainforest or jungle. I grew up in the PNW and we used dehumidifiers to keep things from molding.

[–] Joelk111 14 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (3 children)

I hate Trump as much as the next guy, but I want permanent DST. I want it to be light when I get home so I can spend some time outside without a flashlight. I don't care if it's dark in the morning, I'm working. Don't tell me to just work different hours, I already work 6am-3pm, which is the earliest I'm allowed at my current job, and a lot earlier than allowed by many jobs. I still only get about an hour before dark where I live.

[–] Joelk111 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I'm just cheap. 65 it is in the winter. Put on a jacket. 75 in the summer. Go outside and come back in, it'll feel refreshing.

[–] Joelk111 3 points 2 months ago

Jim Embers Hip

[–] Joelk111 2 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

I'm glad I saw it, but that doesn't mean OP (and others) can't do better.

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