The problem is that the windows might not be suitable for window units. For instance in the Netherlands our windows typically tilt or turn (like a door) open, they don’t slide up. The walls and ceilings are usually solid brick or concrete, so you can’t hide ducts in there for central AC. That leaves a split unit in one room or a portable unit.

Blocking the light made a huge difference in my house. I have are 3 small skylights on the south side that now have sun shades on the outside. They still let in some light, but it’s at least 5c cooler on the top floor.

What wars did NATO start then? Don’t confuse countries in NATO with NATO itself.

Smart watches.

Couple of reasons:

• I like my mechanical watches. They aren’t the expensive flashy ones, but I like the way they look and especially like the mechanical engineering. It’s one of the (maybe only?) Item I can think of that I use daily and ‘does something’ without electricity. Smart watches are nothing like that.

• When I want to be offline I can just ignore my phone or flip it upside down. Having notifications on my wrist all day long wouldn’t be good for my mental health. It annoys me so much when I see people looking at and using their smartwatch mid conversation because they are so addicted to it. And I know I would be the same once I start using it.

• It’s expensive and e-waste after a few years.

I use mine instead of the oven for anything that fits and can withstand the “whirlwind” it produces. It’s faster, work at lower temperatures and requires no pre-heating.

The Philips i have now was quite expensive though. Before I had some other brand that didn’t work any better than a regular oven.

They have unions here, that doesn’t seem to help either.

I think it’s best in the commercial private sector with a labor shortage or unions.

I use a case since I dropped it and the back (glass) is cracked. Because I don’t want to risk cutting my hand, I’m using the case that came with the phone.

Still no screenprotector though. There are some micro scratches, but no visible damage when using it.

3.5+ year old phone. No phone specific insurance either.

Sounds like it I think. From what I’ve read they are stutters for like a second every once in a while (don’t know if it’s every few minutes, every half hour or less). The latest bios version of your motherboard should fix it.

Windows 10. I got a Ryzen 5900x that works fine on an old bios version. Upgrading to windows 11 requires me to upgrade the bios or get tTPM stutters. However, the new bios versions reduce the (single core) performance…So I’m sticking with windows 10 for now. I have windows 11 on my laptop and don’t mind it. Tried Linux multiple times over the past 15 years, but it always kills itself within weeks. As a server it works well though.

I’ve tried a bunch and ended up using Boost. It’s just a matter of personal preferences of course. I’ve tried Apollo on the iPad and hated it, for example.