LaughingLion comments on You don't have the necessary military training

As another scientist I do like the granularity of °F over °C for weather, but for anything else C makes more sense. It's almost certainly just having been raised using burger units, but somehow 68°F being pants weather while 72°F is shorts weather makes more sense than interpreting 20°C vs. 22.2°C for the same decision. It's probably cope though.

A very helpful conversion is 10°C = 50°F & every ±5°C from that equals ±9°F.

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[–] Krem@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 child)

somehow 68°F being pants weather while 72°F is shorts weather makes more sense than interpreting 20°C vs. 22.2°C for the same decision.

why are you picking 20 vs 22.2 and not 21 vs 23 or 19 vs 22? still completely arbitrary. and shorts weather still depends on sunshine and humidity as much as pure temperature, a cloudy, wet 23 degrees is still cold, but a nice sunny 19 can be fine. i don't think anyone can actually feel the difference between 1°C, much less 1°F

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[–] quarrk@hexbear.net 1 point 5 months ago*

i don't think anyone can actually feel the difference between 1°C, much less 1°F

On the contrary I think 1C is a perfect temperature increment for meaningful perceived difference. In some applications 0.5C is welcome, but when describing the weather, 22 vs 23 is meaningful.

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