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Re: Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties

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Post by ycombinete »

_yb2s wrote: post #307
asn007 wrote: post #110

That's a sweet LAN setup you've got! The only few things that rub me the wrong way is the choice of peripherals and the lack of headsets. Must be pretty noisy in here! The tabletops also seems a bit too thin and wiggly for my taste, but, honestly, for LAN parties with chill people you personally know — it's ok As for the actual host setup with a singular disk image — great job! LAN gaming centres do something similar…

Why would you use headsets to play with friends in person? The whole point is that you can talk directly, usually with the sound completely off on everyone’s computers, and not too loud music playing in the background For one, if you get a bunch of nerds together a sizable fraction are likely to have sensory issues- and won’t come again if you don’t make it welcoming for them Some video games require some sound as it…

Open-backed headphones are great for this. Best of both worlds.

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Post by cxr »

crooked-v wrote: post #70
laidoffamazon wrote: post #62

This is neat, but as a $NET shareholder and someone with another ~$1m in net worth that can't afford to buy a house for at least another 6 years this makes me think we should significantly increase taxation.

Housing price issues in the US are fundamentally the result of every major city making it expensive or impossible to actually build enough housing. Changing taxes (in either direction) really wouldn't move the needle at all. What's needed are local zoning changes and significant revamps of permitting and approval processes to remove endless discretionary roadblocks from anyone who doesn't like medium density housing.

> Changing taxes (in either direction) really wouldn't move the needle at all.

Mmm... if you introduced higher taxes for anyone who owns multiple houses and has rental income for one or more of those homes and you eliminated from the current tax code their ability to claim deductions, it would definitely move the needle on housing prices and availability.

Re: Show HN: I built a(nother) house optimized for LAN parties

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Post by jnsaff2 »

kentonv wrote: post #209
sriram_malhar wrote: post #206

Amazing build, and even better, a set of long time friends. You and your wife are rich in all senses. I was wondering what the maximum power draw you have seen. Do you monitor your energy usage during normal use and during a party with all machines buzzing.

I haven't actually monitored power usage during parties. But I should do that at the next one... I have better equipment for than now that since we finished the solar install! I suspect though that even when the game machines are running they probably don't draw all that much power compared to the HVAC. We seem to have ~10-12kW going to HVAC throughout the day... this feels broken to me (these are supposed to be high…

Have a look into Passivhaus principles.

In your case I'm surprised that a new build did not have all the heating/cooling aspects calculated. How would you even dimension your HVAC if you don't know the numbers?

There are easy and not so easy solutions:

1. heat recovery ventilation - equalizes the incoming and outgoing ventilation air temperature so you don't have to heat or cool the inside as much but still get a lot of fresh and filtered air.

2. solar shades positioned in a way that shades the sun when it's high i.e. summer time but lets sun in when it's low during the winter.

3. proper insulation and air-tightness .. a hard sell for a house that just came online.

4. ground loop heat-pumps instead of air source.

Other than that I like your house, especially fond of the integrated catwalks/doors!

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Post by jillyboel »

system2 wrote: post #214
jillyboel wrote: post #127

Must be nice to be stinking rich

If your goal is to have what he has, you can make it happen in 5-10 years. A decent job or hardcore hustling (sell something), you can make 200k a year and have all the things he has. Not that difficult.

I'm not an american, 200k/year is practically unheard of in the EU lol

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Post by kentonv »

jnsaff2 wrote: post #313
kentonv wrote: post #209

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I haven't actually monitored power usage during parties. But I should do that at the next one... I have better equipment for than now that since we finished the solar install! I suspect though that even when the game machines are running they probably don't draw all that much power compared to the HVAC. We seem to have ~10-12kW going to HVAC throughout the day... this feels broken to me (these are supposed to be high…

Have a look into Passivhaus principles. In your case I'm surprised that a new build did not have all the heating/cooling aspects calculated. How would you even dimension your HVAC if you don't know the numbers? There are easy and not so easy solutions: 1. heat recovery ventilation - equalizes the incoming and outgoing ventilation air temperature so you don't have to heat or cool the inside as much but still get a lot…

> How would you even dimension your HVAC if you don't know the numbers?

Well the people setting up the HVAC definitely ran the numbers accounting for windows, insulation, etc. The resulting system does successfully heat/cool the house.

What I'm a little unclear on is whether it was always expected to use this much power in the process. I've been struggling to get info out of my HVAC contractor, may need to hire someone else to come in and look at it.

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Post by cma256 »

> but it's still a disturbing amount of energy usage and something I'm trying to debug

As someone who is deeply frustrated with their HVAC this stood out to me. A new home should have exterior insulation. Plus the solar panels plus "efficient heat pumps". I would expect it to perform very well.

I'm curious to know the square footage and how much power is being used. Did you have a blower door test done when the home was constructed?

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Post by alchemist1e9 »

compiler-devel wrote: post #286
stemlord wrote: post #202

Earlier quoted context omitted.

To be fair OP's website explains that most of the money isn't earned income. I'm happy for them though

What do you mean by “isn’t earned income” ?

The anti-capitalists have this crazy idea that investment income isn’t “earned” in the same way that labor income is. Of course that’s absurdly anti-capitalist and completely ignores the point of capitalism and the function of risk taking incentivized by potential rewards. Failing to make a coherent argument against active investment income, for instance entrepreneurs, they will then revert to criticism of passive investors and their eventual complaint will come to arguing S&P index investors should be taxed on “unrealized” gains.

Remember it’s all illogical nonsense motivated by Envy which they masquerade as Empathy.

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