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Re:ColdMac – a 2009 iMac self-serving graphs of it’s temps i... by hungryforcodes on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:00AM (#26033311)
When my pot is boiling its 100 degrees. When my ice tray starts freezing its zero degrees. I can look outside in winter an if it's raining I know it's not less than zero. How is that not incredibly useful?
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Re:ColdMac – a 2009 iMac self-serving graphs of it’s temps i... by BoorishBears on Friday February 05, 2021 @12:06AM (#26033337)
Because your pot boiling isn't really a useful measure for weather on Planet Earth quite just yet?

Pretty much all of the scale from "hot day" to your pot boiling is wasted in reference to weather

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Re:ColdMac – a 2009 iMac self-serving graphs of it’s temps i... by codyb on Friday February 05, 2021 @07:59AM (#26035802)
You can look outside in winter and know that if it is raining the air temperature is above freezing without a temperature scale. It’s pretty apparent by the fact that the water is not freezing.

And how often does knowing that your pot of boiling water is 100 degrees or your ice tray is 0 help you?

I have never been making pasta and thought to myself “wow, sure is nice I know the exact temperature of this water right now”

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