Nostr notes by Bálint Szilakszi

that’s what I just showed you that no, AC is in fact 90% the ...

2026-07-11T10:59:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…pdl6
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that’s what I just showed you that no, AC is in fact 90% the same when it comes to “heating up the city” as passive methods.

Conservation of energy also applies to passive methods, every single W of energy not entering a building heats up the streets and other buildings in the area.

And if you really want to focus on the last 10% additional energy it takes to run heat pumps…then we really have to talk about all other main electricity and fuel uses in a city as well.

absolutely! I just made the point that passive cooling like ...

2026-07-11T10:49:08Z

In reply to nevent1q…30zc
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absolutely! I just made the point that passive cooling like shutters, or painting the roofs white etc are 90% the same as active heat pumps like AC.

Some people have this irrational fear that AC “heats up the city” but not that “closing the shutters” heats up the city.

which part do you need help with?

2026-07-11T10:40:12Z

In reply to nevent1q…3fcz
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which part do you need help with?

It's interesting that some people say "oh but you ...

2026-07-11T10:21:45Z

It's interesting that some people say "oh but you shouldn't use AC, it makes the outside even warmer"

but they never say

"you should never use shutters, if you don't let in the heat it makes the outside even warmer!"

Modern heat-pumps typically move at least 8x as much existing heat than they generate by performing the work of moving that existing heat,, so that's only around 10% in addition.

The two cases are roughly 90% the same.

Bluesky is down but no worries, the 0.001% who are on another ...

2026-04-16T08:12:26Z

Bluesky is down but no worries, the 0.001% who are on another instance and know what atproto is can enjoy the network without the main instance hehehe

One example of lazy framing: ...

2026-04-15T09:13:36Z

In reply to nevent1q…yuwp
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One example of lazy framing: https://www.ft.com/content/258b5203-4abc-495e-8a64-fcf7176149de?shareType=nongift

Probably a piece written before the election that did not account for Tisza’s supermajority and lost most of its relevance given the strong results.

Btw I’m not a fan of journalists now doing the “why it might ...

2026-04-14T13:49:53Z

In reply to nevent1q…4lsm
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Btw I’m not a fan of journalists now doing the “why it might be harder to dismantle Orban’s system than you might think” pieces.

I can tolerate this from the remaining independent hungarian media as they had a hellish 16 years. It took a lot of effort for them to even survive.

But from international media, this is just lazy framing.

It’s been at least two decades since Hungary has been in ...

2026-04-14T13:04:56Z

It’s been at least two decades since Hungary has been in international news like this and not in the “what the shit, what the fuck again” context.

Feels nice.