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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by happymellon on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:19AM (#32722613)
> I now know how to interpret Celsius, but it involved memorising certain fixed points

But that's literally the argument given for Fahrenheit.

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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by tsm on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:41AM (#32722778)
My point is that everyone saying "Celsius is so easy, look at how logical it is!" are missing the point that you still have to memorize a bunch of temperatures. Nobody in their right mind is going to say "Well, it's 20% of the way between water freezing and boiling, so I'll wear long sleeves but no jacket today".
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by happymellon on Monday September 05, 2022 @08:30AM (#32723543)
So you agree that the argument for it "feeling more natural" is actually, "I've already memorised a number"?
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Re:Why A4? – The Mathematical Beauty of Paper Size by bmitc on Monday September 05, 2022 @06:33AM (#32722727)
No really. The "comfortability" points are basically separated by 10 degrees F, with only 32 degrees F being the special one.
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