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submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by Critical_Insight@feddit.uk to c/mildlyinfuriating@lemmy.world

That massive spike of 50c/kWh at the left looks tiny compared to today even though that's already insanely expensive

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[-] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 65 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

It would literally not matter since it all ends up as heat in the end which is what you're looking for anyway

Minus 5 watts on the three fans or something

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 47 points 5 months ago

My Pc is a good 500W heater with an attached entertainment generator.

[-] Thassodar@lemm.ee 16 points 5 months ago

Playing Frostpunk and my PC is literally the generator.

[-] msage@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago

Man, I need to return to that game.

But it's so stressful. Like the main scenario I tried to save everybody, then the game throws 43 children my way... I have to admit, took three minutes to decide what to do.

It's very pretty, and the loop is great, I love management games, but this one just hits differently.

[-] Klear@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 months ago

I got it through a giveaway and when I was going to start playing, my cat died and it was just too heavy for me at that frame of mind.

It's been a couple of years now, though. I should give it another go.

[-] Towerofpain11@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Agreed. Visually beautiful and morally hard. So difficult to save everyone but I loved it.

[-] Thassodar@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

That's the beauty: you have to make the tough choices for the greater good and future of the town. I've been playing a dozen hours a week for a few months and finally have somewhat of a feel for how to start building the town at the beginning so it doesn't screw me over later.

I initially didn't like it when I got it for free on Epic, now it's one of my favorite games.

[-] msage@programming.dev 2 points 5 months ago

I bought it, because I saw some recommendations. I even played some on my Steam Deck.

But the PC experience is the best, though I moved to OpenTTD after the first scenario.

[-] paholg@lemm.ee 24 points 5 months ago

The electricity from the fans also ends up as heat.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 18 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Even if it’s 97% efficient, a heat pump can still easily beat it.

[-] ezchili@iusearchlinux.fyi 11 points 5 months ago

True that

I wish heatpumps ran factorio 😔

[-] accideath@lemmy.world 9 points 5 months ago

Yea but can you game on a heat pump?

[-] WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

You could probably run Doom on one.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago
[-] calcopiritus@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

More like 99.99% the only electricity coming into the PC and not heating the house is the very small amount of light and sound leaving the house. Still worse than a heat pump, but pretty efficient at heating.

[-] qaz@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago
[-] psud@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Their waste is heat. They might waste some energy by sending air out of the house, but any energy they impart on air eventually becomes heat

[-] nilloc@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 5 months ago

EVs are finally starting to use heat pumps for heating and cooling their batteries (and cabin climate), I wonder how long before that’s available for PCs? Just need a little hole saw to get an evaporator/condenser outside.

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