Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Joy Beeson Newsgroups: rec.arts.comics.strips Subject: XKCD: 3044: Humidifier Review Date: Sat, 01 Feb 2025 22:06:07 -0500 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 23 Message-ID: <6qntpj1ggkj13qtfqtuvv1ic8cttgqp9vn@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Sun, 02 Feb 2025 04:06:32 +0100 (CET) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="530f3cc616f62a22e77df7f8654f1e4b"; logging-data="433460"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX182PioYW+/66/OSywUEXU5TB0acg9up3e0=" Cancel-Lock: sha1:yYmFGsLYK34FzhvvSDDZ5VmWg70= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 3.2/32.830 Bytes: 1661 Discussed at https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3044:_Humidifier_Review Quote taken out of context: > There are gas appliances, cookers and room heaters, > also gas clothes dryers, which can vent damp exhaust > directly to the room. But even when I paid for water, > I never fretted about the cost of humidity. I'd like to be able to switch my clothes dryer to venting into the room to conserve heat. It needs to be switchable when the weather is warm, but I doubt that a dryer would put more water into the house than clothing dried on racks, and they always dry fast enough to show that they haven't raised the humidity much. -- Joy Beeson joy beeson at centurylink dot net http://wlweather.net/PAGEJOY/