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AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• fonix232@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  On which scale? Because that kinda matters.

  Celsius? Kinda hot but not necessarily deadly.

  Kelvin? You've turned your city into an air fryer.

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  • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    They live in Sweden so Celsius

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    • foo@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      It’s still an odd way to compare temperatures:

      • Double of 1 degree is 2 degrees, so not very different.
      • Double of 30 degrees is 60 degrees, so wildly different.
      • Double of -20 degrees is -40 degrees, so a lot colder instead of warmer.

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      • ProfessorPeregrine@reddthat.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        This is an example I use when I teach data types. It happens because the scale (F or C) is an “interval” scale. Its zero is not based on the absence of the property it is measuring, so you can’t apply a multiplicative transform to it like, “double”.

        It is like lining up by height, calling the shortest person the standard and measure height of everyone else from that. So, the next tallest might be 2 cm, the next 4cm. But clearly the person we are calling 4cm is not twice the height of the person we called 2 cm.

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      • AI_toothbrush@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        I mean thats completely valid criticism but it had a lot of shock value still.

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      • FishFace@piefed.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        yes

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    • fonix232@fedia.io ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      You'd think so, but without specifying the scale... it could be anything. ANYTHING!

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      • Ricaz@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Probably bananas though, according to my middleschool math teacher

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  • exasperation@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    On which scale? Because that kinda matters.

    The rate of sweat I produce, in terms of ml of sweat per minute.

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  • titanicx@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Ever visit Phoenix?

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• BakerBagel@midwest.social ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Which way? Because it gets incredibly hot in the Canadian prairie. There is no body of water to regulate temperature so the summers can get serious heat waves while the winter is absolutely frigid. Granted, Edmonton is still considerably further south than Stockholm.

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