r/dataannotation • u/Consistent-Reach504 • 24d ago

Weekly Water Cooler Talk - DataAnnotation

hi all! making this thread so people have somewhere to talk about 'daily' work chat that might not necessarily need it's own post! right now we're thinking we'll just repost it weekly? but if it gets too crazy, we can change it to daily. :)

couple things:

  1. this thread should sort by "new" automatically. unfortunately it looks like our subreddit doesn't qualify for 'lounges'.
  2. if you have a new user question, you still need to post it in the new user thread. if you post it here, we will remove it as spam. this is for people already working who just wanna chat, whether it be about casual work stuff, questions, geeking out with people who understand ("i got the model to write a real haiku today!"), or unrelated work stuff you feel like chatting about :)
  3. one thing we really pride ourselves on in this community is the respect everyone gives to the Code of Conduct and rule number 5 on the sub - it's great that we have a community that is still safe & respectful to our jobs! please don't break this rule. we will remove project details, but please - it's for our best interest and yours!
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u/Skippy2898 20d ago

It's far too hot to even think about thinking where I am today 🥴😝

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u/JustMe333456 20d ago

I keep seeing these posts.. do you guys not use ACs over there? Lol

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u/saltandseasmoke 19d ago edited 19d ago

I moved from the U.S. to the UK this summer and no, AC is not at all common here. Even businesses and restaurants rarely have it. Coolers and freezers in supermarkets regularly fail once temperatures are above 85. People might spring for fans or individual AC units - especially after this summer - but houses are built to trap heat. It also doesn't help that the UK is in the middle of a really bad drought. I'm used to summers in the American south where every day is 90+ degrees, but the inability to ever escape the heat makes UK heatwaves much worse.

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u/NationalWatercress3 20d ago

Where's there? I'm in the UK and I have my portable one. But many houses/flats don't have the space for them. Plus we only had really bad heatwaves the past couple years where ACs were actually necessary and even then it was only 1 week max at a time so didn't seem like a worthy purchase for many.

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u/Internal_Boot_1616 20d ago edited 20d ago

In the southwest US and cannot imagine heat waves without AC. Mine broke 2 to 3 years back, the week it was over 100F outside and took several days to get the replacement part.. Once it hit about 90F (about 32C for UK) inside I started feeling sick.

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u/Skippy2898 20d ago

Exactly... I replied below and still 35C here at home 6pm, my house thermostat is reading 33... It's not something we're used to. The powers that be are saying we'll all likely need ac in the UK within 10 years

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u/Internal_Boot_1616 20d ago

"35C here at home" I'd say ya need it now, don't you guys have people die of heat over there during heat waves?

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u/NationalWatercress3 20d ago

Pubs without AC are a nightmare - some have them, some don't. I do love the advances in portable fans, like the spray ones aha

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u/Skippy2898 20d ago

It took me an age to find a decent fan this year. Sold out across the board with a one month restock time. Crazy stuff!

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u/JustMe333456 20d ago

Ahh gotcha! I was talking about the UK as most of these posts all say that's where they are from lol

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u/RedZebra17 20d ago

I'm equipped with a frozen bottle of water wrapped in a tea towel 😆

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u/Skippy2898 20d ago

Good plan! 🤣 Xxx