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0 pointsanton-c10mo ago0 comments

For casual human use I would say Fahrenheit is one of the more easily defended imperial units since it has more resolution.

In reality hearing its 80 outside where I live could mean beautiful day or sweltering mugginess so it's never been a great indicator for me regardless of unit.

Or when people adjust a thermostat by like 2 degrees. If you changed it and didn't tell me idk if I would even perceive it. Temperature is weird.

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Chico7510mo ago

The resolution part doesn't really hold for me, celsius can have decimals to have as much precision as you need but for weather purpose, half degree precision is usually more than enough.

igouy10mo ago

"… the US National Weather Service (NWS) uses the Celsius scale internally and when communicating with other scientific agencies, but converts temperatures to Fahrenheit when releasing data to the general public."

Kind-of funny; kind-of sad.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...

jbaber9mo ago

What's sad about scientists reporting in units practical for their audience?

Should the label on a cookie say 836,800 J?

mbs1599mo ago

Of course not, you'd have to label as 837 kJ

eCa10mo ago

We Celsius users use decimals if we need higher resolution.

anton-cOP10mo ago

That's fair. When I put "I would say" followed by "in reality" it means I don't fully support it.

The previous comment said they don't find F that useful since they aren't familiar. I am, and I dont find it that useful for predicting how it actually feels outside. Celsius doesn't change much for me in that situation.

igouy10mo ago

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse

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Chico7510mo ago

The resolution part doesn't really hold for me, celsius can have decimals to have as much precision as you need but for weather purpose, half degree precision is usually more than enough.

igouy10mo ago

Kind-of funny; kind-of sad.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...

jbaber9mo ago

What's sad about scientists reporting in units practical for their audience?

Should the label on a cookie say 836,800 J?

mbs1599mo ago

Of course not, you'd have to label as 837 kJ

eCa10mo ago

We Celsius users use decimals if we need higher resolution.

anton-cOP10mo ago

That's fair. When I put "I would say" followed by "in reality" it means I don't fully support it.

igouy10mo ago

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse