LeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agopsa for you Europeans: negative Fahrenheit is typically much colder than negative Celsius until -40 where they're the samemessage-squaremessage-square130linkfedilinkarrow-up177arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up175arrow-down1message-squarepsa for you Europeans: negative Fahrenheit is typically much colder than negative Celsius until -40 where they're the sameLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.net to Chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 3 months agomessage-square130linkfedilinkfile-text
if you see an American (me) whining about it being -8 degrees just know that -8C is warm in comparison
minus-squareLeeeroooyJeeenkiiins [none/use name]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·3 months agoWe should just use both, Fahrenheit for when people are feeling it (or feelinheit m i rite) and Celsius for anything where measuring it matters
minus-squarefree_casc [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·3 months agoIts useful for science, although it isn’t even an SI unit and is just as arbitrary as F
minus-squarela_tasalana_intissari_mata [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoKelvin
minus-squarefree_casc [comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoCorrect, Celsius is not kelvin
minus-squareFarvana@lemmygrad.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·3 months agoDoesn’t help me when I live at 5600ft/1600m. Water doesn’t boil at the same temperature for a lot of people.
minus-squareCliffordBigRedDog [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·3 months agoits useful for cooking and stuff
We should just use both, Fahrenheit for when people are feeling it (or feelinheit m i rite) and Celsius for anything where measuring it matters
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Its useful for science, although it isn’t even an SI unit and is just as arbitrary as F
Kelvin
Correct, Celsius is not kelvin
Doesn’t help me when I live at 5600ft/1600m. Water doesn’t boil at the same temperature for a lot of people.
its useful for cooking and stuff