Re:Coffeematic PC – A coffee maker computer that pumps hot c...
by withinboredom on Saturday August 02, 2025 @07:26AM
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Linus (tech talks) uses it to heat his pool.
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Re:Coffeematic PC – A coffee maker computer that pumps hot c...
by thangngoc89 on Saturday August 02, 2025 @07:55AM
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I remember in a video, Linus measured that the ground absorbs all the heat before it could even reaching the pool.
Re:Coffeematic PC – A coffee maker computer that pumps hot c...
by withinboredom on Saturday August 02, 2025 @07:58AM
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His pipes have too much or not enough insulation then.
Re:Coffeematic PC – A coffee maker computer that pumps hot c...
by lubsch on Saturday August 02, 2025 @11:08AM
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I don't know anything about the topic and this made me really curious. Why could too much insulation be a problem?
Re:Coffeematic PC – A coffee maker computer that pumps hot c...
by withinboredom on Saturday August 02, 2025 @08:49PM
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It then just acts like the ground does and just absorbs the heat instead.
Re:Coffeematic PC – A coffee maker computer that pumps hot c...
by clickety_clack on Saturday August 02, 2025 @02:45PM
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This would be a really cool idea for municipal swimming pools or large residential developments. It blows my mind that people pay to heat up all these data centers and then pay again to get rid of the heat. Data centers could rent space by paying in kWh of heat.
I would set something like this up in my house if there was some kind of decentralized processing company I could register with.