Comment on Burning Up
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
I’m gonna be honest. I love Celsius for the the whole perfect math reasons with calories and water based measurement…
But the curve on temps is a pain when all the nice temperatures require using a decimal place to decide just how slightly above or below pleasant it is but cold is basically everything from 16°C to -30°C And then decimals really matter when hotter than pleasant temps.
Whole rounded intwgers are just so vastly different depending how high or low you are in Celsius.
grepehu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
I don’t know man, I’ve lived my entire life in a country that only uses Celsius and I’ve never seen a single place or person using decimals to display temperature we always use whole numbers.
I get your point but the difference in 1 degree in Celsius is still very insignificant to the point we don’t really need decimals at all.
Takumidesh@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My thermostat increments by 0.5c
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
I’ve been all over the world. Trust me seeing 21.6 or other decimals is not uncommon you and others are really just pushing hard on the ideas that there is no flaws and none of the quirks of Celsius.
I literally just set an air conditioner to 20.5°C. I don’t get why lie like this.
shinratdr@lemmy.ca 2 weeks ago
The reason you see fractions is BECAUSE of Fahrenheit. Your air conditioner is designed to work in multiple regions and so it works on steps. Easier to just map the half steps to Fahrenheit degrees and call it a day.
For non-electronic usage, people just say the round number.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
No this was an airconditioner built for and used in Japan only. It’s only in Celsius. It just uses decimal point options for finer control. I have been in plenty of places that only use Celsius and use decimals especially higher than 20s.
And still doesn’t change the exponential curve of the degree changes in ambient temp.
keepcarrot@hexbear.net 2 weeks ago
Huh, I can only speak from my experience. I have a couple of thermometers in my room that give decimals, but my air con doesn’t give decimal options and the government meteorological service doesn’t either. I certainly don’t think I can tell the difference between 39 and 39.2.
grepehu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 weeks ago
That’s a really weird one, every apartment I’ve lived at the air conditioner only displays the temperature in integers and I’m 100% sure of that because every each one of them had arrows to change the temperature up or down in one unit.
Krauerking@lemy.lol 2 weeks ago
Meh I’m about 50/50 4 air conditioners in. Half degrees has not been all that uncommon. I don’t get the handwaving of legitimate points of comtention to make Celsius seem more perfect. Everything has its flaws. It’s completely fine to admit that.
uienia@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
My digital thermometers all uses decimals.