Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
by thiht on Friday February 19, 2021 @04:01AM
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> I guess 20.5 is nice, 15.5 is cool, 10 is cold, 4.5 is really cold, 26.5 is hot, 32 is really hot and 37.7 is dangerously hot.
Or, you know, 20, 15, 5, 30 and 40 instead of the arbitrary decimals you chose to use to prove your point
Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
by mulmen on Friday February 19, 2021 @05:00AM
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Sure, you can pick even numbers in either scale that are awkward decimals in the other. I just prefer the ten degree bands of the Fahrenheit scale for these ranges.
Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
by thiht on Friday February 19, 2021 @12:28PM
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> I just prefer the ten degree bands of the Fahrenheit scale for these ranges.
To the identical 5 degrees range of the Celsius scale ?
Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
by mulmen on Friday February 19, 2021 @02:12PM
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It's not really identical though. Like I said, Fahrenheit is higher resolution at these scales so that is an advantage. It doesn't mean everyone should convert to F. Just that both systems have benefits. If I changed my perception of the world to C I wouldn't actually gain anything, personally, in the context of weather and HVAC.
If I need to take measurements while boiling water or making ice then I would probably use C.
Re:Perseverance Rover lands on Mars [video]
by thiht on Saturday February 20, 2021 @04:58AM
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It's exactly the same. The perception you have on Fahrenheit is exactly the same anyone using Celsius have, with multiples of 5 instead of 10
I guess 20.5 is nice, 15.5 is cool, 10 is cold, 4.5 is really cold, 26.5 is hot, 32 is really hot and 37.7 is dangerously hot. It’s fine if you are used to it but I don’t really see a benefit.
I was in a hotel room in Japan that only had whole unit adjustments for the A/C. To get 20.5C I had to switch to Fahrenheit. I guess I was unlucky.
I find distances in metric and imperial perfectly usable and use both regularly.
As outlined in detail elsewhere in the thread there are advantages to working in fractions in some situations. Specifically when using a ruler or tape measure with different markings for 1/2, 1/4, 1/8 and 1/16. There’s no reason that has to be unique to inches, it just works out well in some cases.