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[–] 40 points 2 years ago (9 children)

Temperature translation for non-Americans:

70°F ≈ 21.1°C
50°F = 10°C
20°F ≈ -6.7°C

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    I posted this further upthread, but it bears repeating. Don't manufacture fake precision. Nobody says "It's 69.8 degrees out", just like nobody says "It's 21.1°C". 70F is 21C, and if you need more precision than that, it's not in a Lemmy comment!

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  • [–] 0 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Fake precision? It's a simple unit conversion.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Sure, it's a simple unit conversion, but it's a rough figure. When I say it's 70 degrees, I'm not saying that it's 70.000 degrees.

    What I'm really saying is that it's about 70 degrees, so the true temp could be between 69.6 and 70.4 degrees (I don't know, I'm not looking at the thermometer that closely).

    69.60 F = 20.89 C 70.40 F = 21.33 C

    Turning my "70F" into "exactly 21.11111C" is just silly.

    Did no one else learn about significant figures in grade school?!

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