Paris breaks all-time high temperature as deadly heat wave grips Europe

Re:Paris breaks all-time high temperature as deadly heat wav... by floatrock on Thursday July 25, 2019 @12:58PM (#20527114)

I know you're in triage mode helping the immediately-affected get safe, but given the climate change undercurrents of all this, a statement like

> I'm not even noticing it's as hot as it is since the airconditioning is doing an amazing job here.

...just leaves a frustrating and poor taste.

What's powering all that air conditioning? It's not free.

Get safe now, but don't lose sight that it's all inter-related.

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Re:Paris breaks all-time high temperature as deadly heat wav... by post_break on Thursday July 25, 2019 @01:07PM (#20527228)

If your alternative is to just stay hot, it doesn't really help. Those places will be in AC whether this person goes there or not.

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Re:Paris breaks all-time high temperature as deadly heat wav... by mettamage on Thursday July 25, 2019 @03:43PM (#20528785)

Fair point, but like a sibling comment already stated: I cannot convince my uni to stop using AC in the short-term. So then better use it.

The climate change issue in the long-term is gripping me. What are we — as mostly programmers — doing about it. Why isn’t FAANG doing something? For pure problem solvers this seems like a juicy problem to sink your teeth into.

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Re:Paris breaks all-time high temperature as deadly heat wav... by markkanof on Thursday July 25, 2019 @02:32PM (#20528064)

Solar power?

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