Comment on Awnings: a simple cooling tech we apparently forgot about

DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• Glowstick@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  If the argument is that awnings are too unattractive for people to use them, then hot damn is that so much worse. Solid metal gates - for when you want your house to look like a convenience store in a bag neighborhood when riots are about to start.

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  • blackbirdbiryani@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    These are soooo common on old houses in Melbourne. I’ve never met anyone who lives in one, but they’re often closed all year which is insane to me (are these people sitting in the dark in their living rooms??)

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  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The most common ones are made out of very thin plastic. There's also older ones out of wood. The most common ones are out of aluminum, so not strictly protective. Steel shutters are rather rare on houses and more something stores would use.

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• EmoDuck@sh.itjust.works ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  You should actually watch the video, he does adress them

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  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    I don't watch clickbait videos.

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    • Snowpix@lemmy.ca ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      …Have you never watched Technology Connections before? None of his videos are clickbait. Quite the opposite, the entire video is about whatever is in the title.

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      • DarkThoughts@fedia.io ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        No. And I literally see two fat arrows in the thumbnail. That'd be an instant block if that would land on my YT page.

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• marx2k@lemmy.world ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I’ve lived in NY for too long and that looks like it needs spray paint and giant locks

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• jol@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  As the video points out, those are cool but block the view, and still hear up the room.

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