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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by oh_sigh on Wednesday August 26, 2020 @01:53PM (#24285145)
It is necessary to specify it because what happens if someone tells you it was -40 and then it got 1 degree warmer. How cold is it now?
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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by mark-r on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:00PM (#24294974)
Obviously it's -39, and since -39C and -39F are different you'd now be required to specify. If you knew which scale the 1 degree was from it wouldn't be difficult.
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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by oh_sigh on Thursday August 27, 2020 @12:32PM (#24295372)
It's -40 and it got -1 degree F colder. How cold is it now?
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Re:Cat vs. panel heater: which is better? by mark-r on Thursday August 27, 2020 @10:17PM (#24300767)
It's now -41F. It's not really rocket science, unless you're trying to trick me with a double negative.
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