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[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago

Fun fact time, -40F is -40C.

And 575F is 575K

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 year ago

Fahrenheit is a strange scale.

[-] ricecake@sh.itjust.works 4 points 1 year ago

It's just designed with a slightly different set of assumptions.

Instead of water freezing and boiling 100° apart, it's 180° in fahrenheit. That makes it so that they're on the opposite sides of a temperature gauge, and a degree of rotation of the gauge matches a degree of temperature.
Instead of zero being the freezing point of water under specific conditions, it's a brine solution whose temperature will stabilize in a way that's useful for using as a calibration point.

Stripped of its context, it's odd. But it's not irrational, just no longer consensus as the standard, and as such deprecated.

[-] jivemasta@reddthat.com -2 points 1 year ago

Fahrenheit makes sense for humans. Most of your day to day climates are in the 0 to 100 scale, and every 10 degrees is a noticeable level change.

  • 100 super hot day, approaching unsafe without counter measures
  • 90 really hot day, slightly annoying and should take precautions
  • 80, hot day, more annoying than anything
  • 70, beautiful day, enjoy it
  • 60 not to bad, if it's windy you could be slightly on the cold side
  • 50 long sleeves or maybe a hoodie
  • 40 definitely a jacket, and hat
  • 30 full on coat, scarfe, and hat
  • 20 multiple layers of out for a while, maybe double pants
  • 10 annoyingly cold, need to start thinking about the safety precautions
  • 0 and below, temperature now measured in hold long you can be outside before danger

Celsius makes sense for science stuff because it's derived from science stuff, so things like calories and energy work with it. But it doesn't really apply to everyday life as well. So it actually makes sense to use both units for the things the are good at.

[-] aksdb@feddit.de 4 points 1 year ago

It depends on what you were raised with. For me I have all these relevant points in my head for C. 25 is nice, under 20 you slowly need to dress longer stuff. Over 30 is hot, over 40 sucks hard, over 50 can become deadly soon. Body temp is around 37.

[-] Truck_kun@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

I don't science anymore, but living in a F country, I keep in mind for conversions:

0C is freezing point of water ~32F 20-22C is room temp ~68-72F 30C+ is Unhappy temperatures/hot.

Really only things I need to remember, and gradient based off of. It can get up to 45C where I live, but that would never be important to me. I hate the heat, if it's 30C+, the degree to which it is hot matters little, I'm going to just want to stay out of the sun or go inside.

[-] Obi@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 year ago

A F country? You can just say the US, I doubt it'd be Cayman Islands or Liberia lol.

[-] BeigeAgenda@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

Being from outside of the US I'm used to Celsius for everything, so I can make the same list, the numbers are just not whole 10s and I would probably round to nearest 5.

[-] richieadler@lemmy.myserv.one 1 points 1 year ago

They probably don't understand numbers not ending in 0.

[-] Enigma@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 year ago

Just an fyi, 100F is not “unsafe without counter measures” level of hot. That would be around 115+F. I say this as someone from a city that regularly hits 120F during the summer. 100 you can still get in your car, 115+ you need to wear gloves or else you’ll get 3rd degree burns. 100 have to buy pizza for lunch, 115+ just bake a pizza in your car.

And at what temperatures are C and K equal?

[-] chaogomu@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago

Never. They use the same spacing between degrees. The Kelvin scale was derived from the Celsius scale, just placing the 0° at absolute zero rather than at the freezing point of water.

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