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[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 14 points 1 month ago

realtalk

im a burger and i set my phone to celcius like 4 years ago to learn it and itrs taken that long for me to get the hang of it

[-] Enjoyer_of_Games@hexbear.net 6 points 1 month ago

Time to take the next step and set it to kelvin.

[-] LaughingLion@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago
[-] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

as a scientist that uses c, f is superior to what the weather feels like.

[-] Krem@hexbear.net 11 points 1 month ago

no it's not

20°C feels like 20°C. what does 60°F feel like? only americans know. it's "superior" because you're used to it.

[-] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 2 points 1 month ago

Yeah i guess all temp scales are the same, good point

[-] Kefla@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago

Yes

Idk why you thought this was some kind of gotcha, it's just correct. It doesn't matter which one you use.

[-] livestreamedcollapse@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 month ago

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.

[-] Krem@hexbear.net 3 points 1 month ago

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

[-] quarrk@hexbear.net 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month 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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