• klemptor@startrek.website
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    1 year ago

    The rhyme I learned for centigrade is:

    "Thirty is hot

    Twenty is pleasing

    Ten is not

    And zero is freezing"

    So rounding down to “twenty is pleasing”, I’m assuming this means the dumb lovable kind of idiot who knows they’re not the sharpest creation in the shed and is A-OK with it

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      1 year ago

      The ONLY legit use for Fahrenheit is when referencing temperature as it applies to human comfort. Outside of that, Celsius is better.

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        1 year ago

        Even then, once you know Celsius it’s perfectly effective for that as well.

        Source: Grew up on Fahrenheit, learned Celsius for weather five years ago to see how it compares, and still have all my devices on Celsius now. I like it more.

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          Agree. Grew up and live in the states but read international news, tech stories, science news, etc.

          It is just easier for me to remember a little of the metric than stopping to do a conversion each time.

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          Fahrenheit just has more granularity for human comfort. I grew up on F and use C for pretty much everything now, but I still find F better for that one thing.

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            I’d disagree because in day to day life the difference of 1°C is granular enough (a 1F/.5°C difference won’t change my comfort in a meaningful way) and every thermostat that does need that fine of a granularity, usually works in either .5°C or .1°C increments, which are definitely granular enough.

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            1 year ago

            Personally the difference between 68°F and 69°F isn’t all that meaningful, operating in 1.8°F increments hasn’t made comfort less easy to achieve.

            But I’m not discounting your opinion, just stating my own. I realize everyone’s experience is different.