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And they want to make it even smaller by creating a buffer zone in Gaza from Israel.

Yes, I agree that there are strong probabilistic elements as well. When a sodium atom meets a water molecule is probabilistic, but what happens with them when they collide, it is deterministic.

I found some numbers from a heating firm on most comfortable humidity levels at given temperatures. For an outdoor temperature over 50˚F, indoor humidity levels shouldn’t exceed 50% With an outdoor temperature over 20˚F, indoor humidity levels shouldn’t exceed 40% Outdoor temperature between 10˚F and 20˚F, indoor humidity levels shouldn’t exceed 35% For an outdoor temperature between 0˚F and 10˚F, indoor humidity levels shouldn’t exceed 30% Outdoor temperature between -10˚F and 0˚F, indoor humidity levels shouldn’t exceed 25% With an outdoor temperature between -20˚F and -10˚F, indoor humidity levels shouldn’t exceed 20% Outdoor temperature at -20˚F or lower, indoor humidity levels shouldn’t exceed 15% https://lauryheating.com/ideal-home-humidity/

Imagine being by a pond with a small toy boat. You pushing the boat is your expression of freewill, but once that boat has left your hands, the deterministic, scientific forces takeover. The notion of having freewill needn't be constant. The way I look at free will: it is the ability to intercept ones mental processes that were founded elsewhere outside of cognition.

It is, but the outcome may not be what she wants. Just because you want something, doesn't mean one will realize it. That doesn't negate the free choice made beforehand.

"Someone's wrong on the internet".

"Down with antisemitism!": There is a short video of a Zionist railing on two Anti-Zionist (proper Talmud-respecting Jews) Jews in the link.

The obsolescence is inevitable, given the rate of technological change. When society designs things, it should focus more on the inevitable post-service life and reducing the number of processes it takes to make its components useful again.

Aye. In the words of the great social commentator Shania Twain: Ka-ching! Cash and silicone; the path to influence.

But what happens when the cold is sustained; it precipitates out and you are left with dry air. Dry-cold air is subjectively warmer than wet-cold air.

Money attracts money and once it reached a certain critical mass, it's gravy all the way. Recipients then become full of their own importance, even on matters where they have no real skills.

I get bored with false dichotomies. But that's the way our minds work, isn't it? We instinctively seek clear delineations (boxes) to explain what we observe. The brain abhors fuzziness and uncertainty.

Walk from a clear area into a mist, you feel the heat draining off you. A sustained period of low temps condenses the air from a previously warmer period; temperatures are always in transition and the atmospheric ensemble plays catch up.

Yeah, 22% would dry out my throat and dry out more my already dry skin. In this country, mould is quite ubiquitous when people warm their houses and don't ventilate regularly. I can't think of many people that have air-con like you seem to have your side.

Thanks, JC.

Right. I bought it because, apparently, it was the type most suitable for dehumidifying in the lower temperature range; sub 20's. My comfort range is about 12-15c, if the humidity is not too high. Sat down I'll be in a jumper, but if I'm active a t-shirt is fine. @studiot Thanks for sharing your experience. Do you think in some circumstances it makes more sense to deal with humidity rather than a low temperature. My thinking is, the heavier the air, the more efficient heat transfer is from skin to the immediate environment, so, making one colder. Do you have a long seasonal transition period of high humidity with low temperatures, where you are, before the humidity plummets?

My portable dehumidifier is a desiccant type. The air that comes out is probably 3 or 4c higher in a 15' x 10' space. Consumption is 600w. Would 600w be fairly economical to makew the space what I call autumnal temperature; 14c. I find it striking that people go through Autumn here with no heating, then come the proper cold, they whack it up 6c higher or more than they were happy with the prior two months.

If you prefer to use hundreds of words when a simple few seconds of a video will do ... fill your boots.

Normal variation in ambient humidity. Any excess is due to human occupation. Let's assume there is no excess stored moisture in the surfaces... nothing is damp as such in a long-term way..

Scenario; A room has a temperature of 10c and high humidity. We want to increase the comfort of the occupier. Is it generally energetically more economical to bring down the humidity or warm up the room a few degrees to increase comfort?

Look at your words and apply them to yourself.

Some self-reflection on this post wouldn't go amiss.

I wasn't totally happy with that that last bit but left it with no alternative at the time. it interferes with itself on passing through the slits.