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Re: Do It Yurtself

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Post by olau »

Timucin wrote: post #95

I may have missed but it seems nothing discussed for the amount o plants in the comments. Is having that many plants around your bed safe? Can they release enough CO2 to effect your sleep quality or is it a myth I remember from my childhood?

Is suspect you can search for this, but here's a quick shot - how much living material is inside them? Let's say all the plants weight the same as one human. And they don't need to keep warm. So most likely they're not respirating more than one extra human. And I don't think having three people in a bed is unsafe.

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Post by txcwpalpha »

CPLX wrote: post #112
dsego wrote: post #108

Is it safe to have plants in the bedroom, don't they use up oxygen at night?

I think you’ve got that backwards.

He doesn't. Plants use up oxygen and release CO2 at night. They only do the opposite during photosynthesis, in the presence of sunlight.

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Post by txcwpalpha »

ses1984 wrote: post #110
dsego wrote: post #108

Is it safe to have plants in the bedroom, don't they use up oxygen at night?

Where did hear it's not safe to have plants in a bedroom?

It's a common Feng Shui belief that plants in the bedroom are bad, which is probably reinforced a bit by the recent uptick in worrying about sleep CO2 levels. If you do a quick Google, you'll find a decent amount of Quora answers and blog posts asking about if it's safe or not, so it seems to be a not-entirely-unheard-of concern.

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Post by froindt »

jmspring wrote: post #78
thekhatribharat wrote: post #73

How does the construction industry work in the US? Do many people DIY? Do many people get hands-on with building homes while still hiring experts where needed? Is it common for city people to own farms/land nearby? It seems it isn’t really that costly to build a nice 1000 sq. ft. place complete with appliances and modern amenities. The construction industry in India is shitty - carpenters, painters, plumbers, masons,…

In the 40s-60s, one could get a kit home and build it yourself. They were of decent enough quality where existing structures in the Bay Area are selling for over $1m. Contractors are supposedly licensed and bonded. They may employ others. There are some very good ones - they are all booked out years in advance. The shady/shitty/marginal ones are easier to find.

I was surprised to learn you can still buy kit houses from Menards, a major store similar to Home Depot and Lowes. They have a catalog you can look through to make your choice.

Re: Do It Yurtself

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Post by solarkraft »

karlp wrote: post #50
starpilot wrote: post #7

Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies. Can't we just admit that this is an incredibly creative hybrid of old & new. The end result is breathtaking.

But the problem is this is not DIY, it's professional work, the word is being abused for some purpose. > He has a do it yurtself website w/ all the fancy content, presumably he's planning on selling that. Not surprised

> But the problem is this is not DIY, it's professional work

Yet it's something that you can do yourself, since all resources are available (contrast this with something like cutting edge electronic devices).

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Post by dmitripopov »

karlp wrote: post #50
starpilot wrote: post #7

Some terrible, hyper-critical comments so far. A 3d-printed concrete cube with a fridge full of Soylent would be vastly more efficient for productive techies. Can't we just admit that this is an incredibly creative hybrid of old & new. The end result is breathtaking.

But the problem is this is not DIY, it's professional work, the word is being abused for some purpose. > He has a do it yurtself website w/ all the fancy content, presumably he's planning on selling that. Not surprised

Well, it's do it YOURTself, not yourself, sometimes humor is hard to detect ;)
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