Comment on 98 degrees upstairs, ac stopped working at 8am.
lemmyng@lemmy.ca 2 days agoNo, the human perception of temperature thing is a myth. Originally 0F is the freezing temperature of a brine solution, and 90F was Fahrenheit’s estimation on the average human body temperature, and then the scale was adjusted so that it fit in better with Celsius reference points (freezing/boiling points of water).
Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 2 days ago
So it’s all a hack.
dubyakay@lemmy.ca 1 day ago
Like half of the things American.