The roof above my head is probably close to 40DegC, but I put 150mm insulation in, so it's not toooo bad at the mo
That's where the external heat's coming from.
The internal heat is me, a laptop under heavy load (corp security = noticable% CPU), some monitors and the NAS (which is now on automated power on / off cycles to reduce heat)
But yeah, we have no AC. We only have a few weeks in the year like this - at scattered random times - so it's not worth installing. Next week we might be back down to 15DegC
And if I put a unit in my window then I'll basically be living in a dungeon.
That's what I'm doing for the winter: dumb dehumidifier on smart socket. HA measures the humidity and turns it on / off.
I was hoping for something that could cool and report back what it was doing to HA, but I think I'll have to go with the same approach as the dehumidifier.
I agree they have some interest, I learn that these devices even exist, whether I'm going to buy or not.
I'm also not going to look for 1 or 2 interesting posts in amongst many more ads.
Maybe if the seller just posts with their ebay / wherever link and we keep the selling elsewhere, then any discussions of whether they'll post to exotic locations aren't diluting here?
Not sure if businesses will be more obvious that way...?
Can I (figuratively speaking) just change the destination in my backup scripts and start writing to Hetzner... or are they using a completely different setup?
Encryption drives sound like a good idea until the subject of unlocking them comes up... and automatically unlocking the drive for the OS isn't really helping.
But, for user data, it can be unlocked automatically during login. The Arch wiki covers this.
Encryption of data at rest (this discussion) is mostly helpful for physical theft, so a device that never leaves the house, there's little reason for encryption.
Similarly, on a lower powered mobile device, maybe you only want / need user data to be encrypted, and there's no need to encrypt the OS, which keeps the performance up.
Maybe you want the whole thing encrypted on your high performance laptop.
So, it's difficult to define a sane default for everyone, thus making it an option for the end user to decide on.
Linux has more choice than Windows - and the encryption algorithm(s) can be verified - so it's definitely the better choice.
Thanks
Hmmm... my office is 50~60%:
So, it'll be able to drop 32°C to 27°C...
Looks like I might have to look for a different solution... or have a higher electricity bill by running a dehumidifier too.