What? 1 °C is absolutely a fine enough stepping for everything the average human will want to convey about temperature.
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prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 months agoThe increased measurement in the Fahrenheit scale allows for my precise representation of the temperature between humans.
Whole numbers and a larger scale for human ranges.
That said, the same thing can be done with metric by using the magical decimal, though idk if I’ve ever seen a temperature in C related that way.
ricdeh@lemmy.world 3 months ago
BallsandBayonets@lemmings.world 3 months ago
Some people actually think they can tell the difference between 70 and 72 Fahrenheit and those people could save a lot of money on medications by switching entirely to placebos for everything.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
That said, the same thing can be done with metric by using the magical decimal, though idk if I’ve ever seen a temperature in C related that way.
People using Celsius that ever cared that temperatures didn’t add decimals for increased precision in weather reports, please raise your hand.
prettybunnys@sh.itjust.works 3 months ago
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Having grown up with Fahrenheit there is a difference between 78 degrees (26ish) and 80 (still 26ish)
The increased granularity for human ranges actually is noticeable.
If you think I’m advocating for one system over the other than you’ve wholly misunderstood me.
frazorth@feddit.uk 3 months ago
78 F is 25 C and 80 F is 26 C.
Just saying “ish” doesn’t suddenly make them the same. In C they are different numbers.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 3 months ago
There is a difference. Does it matter? Eeeeh…
Hagdos@lemmy.world 3 months ago
For weather prediction it usually isn’t that accurate anyway, and varies over time and location a lot.
For the thermostat it does matter, but usually you can set these in steps of 0.5°C. Mine reports back in 0.1°C steps.