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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by umanwizard on Saturday November 17, 2018 @01:56AM (#18474358)
> If you live in NYC, maybe. A lot of people don't

Those people are free to use whatever units they like. It doesn't have much bearing on the point that Fahrenheit, which is used in the United States, is a good match for the climate of most of the United States.

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Re:International System of Units overhauled in historic vote by int_19h on Sunday November 18, 2018 @04:46AM (#18479579)
Most of the United States doesn't have climate that falls within 0..100 F. There are plenty of places that are more like 30..90 F etc. And I don't see how that's any different from, say, 0..30 C.

OTOH, as far as weather goes, C has the nice property that anything below zero is freezing temperature. In any locale where snow and ice is a thing, that's handy to know.

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