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[–] 132 points 2 years ago (3 children)
  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Yeah, they kinda relate 🥶.

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  • [–] 16 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    that's when it starts to get 'cold'. before that, it's just a 'little chilly'.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    I know this is a joke but as a Minnesotan I think right around -15°F (-26°c) is where it starts to get 'cold'. This is where the air really begins to sting your face and people have issues starting their vehicles.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    am a native and lived there most my life. only had problems with my piece-of-shit cars when it got colder than -20F or so. block heater (on a timer) and a newish-battery and they always started, though, even during that record cold snap (-60F).

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

    -40 is fucking freezing in C 😂. Should be even worse in F 😂.

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  • [–] 23 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Kelvin and Celsius are literally the same just offset by 273.15°

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  • [–] 76 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Literally the same just different.

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

    Kelvin was developed from Celsius. The only difference is that 0° is based on absolute 0 (because it's logical and constant) rather than the rough freezing point of water (a vague and inconsistent reference point). Every degree change in one unit is exactly the same change in the other.

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  • [–] 20 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    And the meme is exactly about not having the same 0 point

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

    F and C are laterally the same just offset by 32 and scaled by 5/9.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Ehh, they were developed in different ways using completely different reference points

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  • [–] 19 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    C and K use different reference points too, yet you called them laterally the same.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    They have a lot more in common than Celsius and Fahrenheit, which are only related because they are both measures of temperature.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago

    That depends how you count “a lot more in common”. The reference points for zero is much closer for C and F. People commonly use in everyday life C and F, but not K. Should I continue?

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Same relationship between Rankine and Fahrenheit.

    And 0 Kelvin and 0° Rankine are three same temperature.

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

    Kelvin and Rankine are based.

    What’s Ra°? Not Reamur (Re°) or Rømer (Rø°)

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  • [–] 13 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Because 0 is not a lack of temperature like the measurements. (With the exception of Kelvin)

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    Sounds funny but really, why would a weight or length measurement start with ≠0?? Like "size of the dick or prince Charles"?

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    But that argument would go for temperature as well. Yet, here we are with the most commonly used ones having zero as wey more than the "nothing"-level.

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago

    Zero comes from experience, at least in Celsius. Its semi-scientifical as water is a pretty big part of our world. For our life and all it is pretty much the turning point, isnt it? But of course it could also be 50 or so, as below is possible

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  • [–] 6 points 2 years ago

    Add eV there too.

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (1 child)

    0lbs ≠ 0kg in the absence of gravity.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago

    If only they made a meter equal a yard. I'm okay with a bigger yard. Let's do it.

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