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[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 128 points 2 years ago (3 children)
[–] MxM111@kbin.social 28 points 2 years ago

Less known 301.4375C at which F and K are the same and equal to 574.5875

[–] 0x4E4F@infosec.pub 12 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Yeah, they kinda relate 🥶.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 15 points 2 years ago (12 children)

that's when it starts to get 'cold'. before that, it's just a 'little chilly'.

[–] hydrospanner@lemmy.world 5 points 2 years ago

Found the Scandinavian?

[–] PraiseTheSoup@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I know this is a joke but as a Minnesotan I think right around -15°F (-26°c) is where it starts to get 'cold'. This is where the air really begins to sting your face and people have issues starting their vehicles.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 1 points 2 years ago

am a native and lived there most my life. only had problems with my piece-of-shit cars when it got colder than -20F or so. block heater (on a timer) and a newish-battery and they always started, though, even during that record cold snap (-60F).

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[–] HerrBeter@lemmy.world 9 points 2 years ago

You mean..

-40°C = (-40-32)/18*10

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 22 points 2 years ago (4 children)

Kelvin and Celsius are literally the same just offset by 273.15°

[–] bleistift2@feddit.de 75 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Literally the same just different.

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 15 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kelvin was developed from Celsius. The only difference is that 0° is based on absolute 0 (because it's logical and constant) rather than the rough freezing point of water (a vague and inconsistent reference point). Every degree change in one unit is exactly the same change in the other.

[–] lugal@sopuli.xyz 19 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And the meme is exactly about not having the same 0 point

[–] sneezycat@sopuli.xyz 15 points 2 years ago

Except Kelvin aren't degrees (e.g. it's just 273'15K not 273'15°K). But a change of one Kelvin is indeed equivalent to a change of one degree Celsius.

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 35 points 2 years ago (2 children)

F and C are laterally the same just offset by 32 and scaled by 5/9.

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Ehh, they were developed in different ways using completely different reference points

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 18 points 2 years ago (1 children)

C and K use different reference points too, yet you called them laterally the same.

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

They have a lot more in common than Celsius and Fahrenheit, which are only related because they are both measures of temperature.

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 3 points 2 years ago

That depends how you count “a lot more in common”. The reference points for zero is much closer for C and F. People commonly use in everyday life C and F, but not K. Should I continue?

[–] SamirCasino@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Ah yes just rolls off the tongue. Totally the same as, an increment of one is equal in both.

[–] Zorque@kbin.social 12 points 2 years ago

Theyre also not pointing guns at each other in the picture.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Same relationship between Rankine and Fahrenheit.

And 0 Kelvin and 0° Rankine are three same temperature.

[–] Chrobin@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In that case I assume it would be 0 Rankine without degrees, too? Because it's an absolute unit like Kelvin.

[–] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago

It's still technically defined based on its relationship to Fahrenheit, just like Kelvin was with Celsius until the 60s.

[–] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 17 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Kelvin and Rankine are based.

What’s Ra°? Not Reamur (Re°) or Rømer (Rø°)

[–] Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 years ago

I think Ra° is an alternate for Rankine

[–] MisterFrog@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Rankine is based? The same way pound-mol and 1000th of an inch are based?

AT THAT POINT, WHY NOT JUST USE METRIC o_0

I bite my thumb at Rankine, sir.

[–] yamapikariya@lemmyfi.com 13 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Because 0 is not a lack of temperature like the measurements. (With the exception of Kelvin)

[–] wander1236@sh.itjust.works 24 points 2 years ago (1 children)

And Rankin, which is apparently just the Kelvin for Fahrenheit.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 6 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Sounds funny but really, why would a weight or length measurement start with ≠0?? Like "size of the dick or prince Charles"?

[–] Lifter@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

But that argument would go for temperature as well. Yet, here we are with the most commonly used ones having zero as wey more than the "nothing"-level.

[–] Pantherina@feddit.de 1 points 2 years ago

Zero comes from experience, at least in Celsius. Its semi-scientifical as water is a pretty big part of our world. For our life and all it is pretty much the turning point, isnt it? But of course it could also be 50 or so, as below is possible

[–] MxM111@kbin.social 5 points 2 years ago

Add eV there too.

[–] elrik@lemmy.world 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

0lbs ≠ 0kg in the absence of gravity.

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 3 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Wait what? Even if you're measuring mass both times?

[–] elrik@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago

You're right, "pounds" is ambiguous.

[–] quickhatch@lemm.ee 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Kilograms are mass, but pounds are weight. Therefore 0 kg = 0 slug, or 0 N = 0 lbs

[–] Liquid_Fire@lemmy.world 6 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (2 children)

I thought pounds could be used for either mass or force, and in modern usage just saying "pounds" usually refers to mass. Wikipedia seems to agree:

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(mass)

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pound_(force)

[–] quickhatch@lemm.ee 1 points 2 years ago

Sorry, perhaps this is a disciplinary difference. In engineering, physics, and biomechanics (my doctoral specialization), and from a unit standard perspective, the pound representing both mass and weight is a false equivalency born out of convenience. This is why the Imperial standard for mass is the slug, allowing for gravitational acceleration of a mass to equate to a force.

[–] soggy_kitty@sopuli.xyz 1 points 2 years ago

Yeah this is exactly why I was confused. Pounds can definitely be used to measure mass. So the guy was wrong and assuming stupid parameters

[–] Peppycito@sh.itjust.works 2 points 2 years ago

If only they made a meter equal a yard. I'm okay with a bigger yard. Let's do it.

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