Comment on temperature

• Johanno@feddit.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Well you know that you can use the decimals?

  How is - 40.000001°F more fine than - 40.00000000001°C?

  23°C is a nice room temperature.

  18°C is a bit chilly but still a comfortable temperature.

  If you want to go for a finer destinction then we cann say 18.5°C is warmer but I personally can’t feel the difference.

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  • CluckN@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Our bodies are 80% water why not use a system that reflects this?

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    • NegativeInf@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      The universe is mostly empty space with an average temperature of like… 4 Kelvin or some shit. Why not use a system that reflects that? Oh, we do? Right. Celsius is Kelvin + 273.15.

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      • CEbbinghaus@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        Are you made of mostly empty space? Your response does leave me questioning. Please aknoowledge that you are made of 64% water and not 4°k nothing.

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    • Strykker@programming.dev ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      So then we should use the system that reflects the freezing point and boiling points of water at nice round values such as 0 and 100 then? Sounds like Celsius is the better system

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  • Wolf_359@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    I can feel the difference between 71 and 73 in my house.

    At 73, my kids room is uncomfortably hot. At 71, it has a perfect chill for sleeping.

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    • FooBarrington@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      What is your point? That people who use Celsius can’t feel the difference between 21.6°C and 22.8°C?

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    • rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      Dude 71 is way too warm for sleeping, try 64-65 its healthier.

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      • Wolf_359@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

        I don’t know if my thermostat is just wrong or if the layout of my house makes it inaccurate, but 64-65 in my house is frigid.

        Plus we have a baby so 67-68 is really the lowest we could go at night I think.

        But I agree, I sleep better in general when the blankets are warm and the house is cold!

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  • rimjob_rainer@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Slightly off topic, but 23°C is a nice room temperature? We have our thermostats at 20°C and I find it quite warm. In the sleeping room we have 18°C and so do I have in my office, which I find quite comfortable. I hate visiting my parents, they always have 22.5°C which I find uncomfortably warm.

    Well it’s all subjective after all, I’ll be happy about chilly 23°C inside when summer comes.

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• toaster@slrpnk.net ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  I would argue it’s because of historical usage, familiarity, and resistance to change. Most countries and most people living in hot climates use Celsius.

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• imaqtpie@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  Save yourself before it’s too late.

  Do not say anything positive about Fahrenheit in this thread… the Temperature Scale Inquisition is watching closely for any dissent from the party line.

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