10-21-2016, 12:24 PM | #21 | |
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Re: Coldness, Wind Chill, and Survival
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10-21-2016, 12:31 PM | #22 |
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Re: Coldness, Wind Chill, and Survival
Colloquially in English "room temperature" is an arbitrary standard range of comfortable temperature, roughly between 15 °C (59 °F) and 30 °C (86 °F). So one finds a place that is colder than that.
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10-21-2016, 01:29 PM | #23 | |
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A sizable minority of women (I've heard up to 40% quoted) have Raynauds Syndrome (aka Raynauds phenomenon, Raynauds disease) which aggravates it, as the central nervous system overreacts to temperature drop by clamping down on circulation to the extremities like you're dying of hypothermia, not getting a slightly annoying breeze at the office. Add on top of that how the "office wear" of many women tends to be lighter fabric and less coverage than the traditional "office wear" of men (long pants and sleeves, and then a suit jacket on top of THAT), and it's very common to have arguments loosely divided between women in men over the office temperature. Of course, in our office the programmers were in ratty t-shirts and in a dark room, so we were mostly just cold all the time regardless of gender. I, often the only woman, was usually fine because as previously mentioned, my partner and I are polar bears or something. Disclaimer: Everyone is a unique and special snowflake. I have Raynauds, but I hate heat. I keep a pair of those cheap fuzzy stretchy gloves at my desk instead.
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10-21-2016, 03:17 PM | #24 |
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Re: Coldness, Wind Chill, and Survival
Ah. Thanks. I was used to it meaning 'the temperature of the outside environment', which seemed contradictory.
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10-22-2016, 12:29 AM | #25 | |
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I used to sweat when it got as hot as 68, but now that's when I put on a coat.
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10-22-2016, 12:32 AM | #26 | |
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Women generally survive extreme cold better than men, but often dislike it more, and for men same goes with heat. Trolling biology.
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10-22-2016, 02:07 AM | #27 | |
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On a less extreme example, 14°C/57°F sounds about right for the typical low end of a room - either for a cold mid-Autumn (when heating is off or only has just turned on), or pretty much any Winter day after one has opened the room's windows for global ventilation for an hour or so. |
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10-22-2016, 03:06 AM | #28 | |
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Re: Coldness, Wind Chill, and Survival
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The last programmable thermostat I got had factory presets of 68F in morning and evening, 60F (building assumed empty) during daytime, 64F (people assumed in bed) nighttime. Last edited by Anthony; 10-22-2016 at 03:47 AM. |
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10-22-2016, 07:07 AM | #29 | |
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Cooks lean a little warmer, even over 80 F, as you want your yeast bread dough to be able to rise at "room temperature", which doesn't happen much at 15 C. The temperature also affects the flavor as well as the length of time you need to let it rise. Last edited by Anaraxes; 10-22-2016 at 07:10 AM. |
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10-22-2016, 07:33 AM | #30 | |
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It gets better in the house by the afternoon, but then it plunges back to death-cold-frozen-toilet temperatures again at night. I'd be going outside to just sit in the sun in dark clothing and sponge up heat, except for the UV death cannon problem. For reference, living 24-7 in those kinds of temperatures is totally possible for humans, even skinny Australians with poor cold tolerance. During the day you wear a thick shirt and a sweater, warm pants, warm socks and shoes (even in the house - possibly wooly house shoes instead of outside shoes). At night you wear warm pijamas and use an electric heating pad or blanket, a hot water bottle, or your spouse :)
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