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We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by darkwater »

m4tthumphrey wrote: post #34

Just came here to say, everything about this is incredible. The house itself, the site, the FAQs but most of all, the attention that went into the cat's needs. 11/10. We want(ed) to do something similar (re the cats needs) when renovating our house but just could never decide!

I have a "simple" PetSafe door which has a cat-chip controlled relay to open it, and our cat can just come and go whenever she wants, and she does her needs outside in our garden. Simple and effective and she lives the best of both worlds.

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by jasode »

pringk02 wrote: post #31

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>The board game room looks like somewhere you'd have a conference call.

The author literally labeled that room the "Upstairs Office".

The rest of the house (kitchen, family room, etc) that's not dedicated to LAN computers looks like a normal Euro/Scandinavian type of clean minimalism aesthetic which a lot of people like.

My home currently has a lot of "traditional" style furniture and decorations hanging on the walls which some might call "warm & cozy". But others would disagree and think of it as "grandma's house" and as I've aged, I tend to agree. I'd like to eventually dial it back and redo the interior to be more minimalistic but I have other higher priorities than remodeling the house.

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by rob74 »

> We have efficient heat pumps and solar panels, but it's still a disturbing amount of energy usage and something I'm trying to debug. Perhaps we have too many windows letting in too much sunlight...

External window blinds work wonders with that - your AC doesn't have to work hard to get the heat out of the greenhouse you inadvertently built if you avoid the heat getting in in the first place. But yeah, these might be more widespread over here in Europe than in the US...

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by Aboutplants »

The funnest part of this whole thing is the manual litter box, literally the worst part of having a cat, and it’s been solved through technology (litter robots). Everything in the house has tech, except the one thing that has you picking up actual shit every day.

Zoom out buddy

Re: We built our house for LAN parties (2024)

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Post by quietbritishjim »

darkwater wrote: post #37
usrme wrote: post #36

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Agreed. It's clear that the owners have considerable financial resources, but seemingly no one thought to hire an interior designer/architect to consider how the place looks or functions outside of the gaming aspect. If that's their style, then more power to them; it just seems incredibly generic and like wasted potential.

If you read TFA you will see that the house was architected by his father, an accomplished architect.

> Please don't comment on whether someone read an article. "Did you even read the article? It mentions that" can be shortened to "The article mentions that".
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