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psa for you Europeans: negative Fahrenheit is typically much colder than negative Celsius until -40 where they're the same (hexbear.net)

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if you see an American (me) whining about it being -8 degrees just know that -8C is warm in comparison

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[–] ghosts@hexbear.net 7 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Right, like if I need to know the exact temperature that water boils for some reason, 100° C is great. Doesn't really come up, but that's nice I guess.

[–] CliffordBigRedDog@hexbear.net 3 points 3 days ago

its useful for cooking and stuff

[–] Farvana@lemmygrad.ml 4 points 3 days ago

Doesn't help me when I live at 5600ft/1600m. Water doesn't boil at the same temperature for a lot of people.

[–] free_casc@hexbear.net 5 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Its useful for science, although it isn't even an SI unit and is just as arbitrary as F

[–] la_tasalana_intissari_mata@hexbear.net 4 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Kelvin

[–] free_casc@hexbear.net 2 points 3 days ago

Correct, Celsius is not kelvin