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Re:Show HN: I created Units Converter that contains 5000 uni... by jzellis on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:39PM (#36420845)
It's super cool, but I'm not sure the explanation of how to calculate Fahrenheit to Kelvin is, uh, accurate. ;-) <3

"By using our Fahrenheit to Kelvin conversion tool, you know that one Fahrenheit is equivalent to 255.93 Kelvin. Hence, to convert Fahrenheit to Kelvin, we just need to multiply the number by 255.93. We are going to use very simple Fahrenheit to Kelvin conversion formula for that. Pleas see the calculation example given below."

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Re:Show HN: I created Units Converter that contains 5000 uni... by KodyBerns99 on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:44PM (#36420944)
Most of units contain very generic description because my goal was to work on the tool rather than the content part. But I will optimize it in the upcoming future since I am one guy managing everything.
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Re:Show HN: I created Units Converter that contains 5000 uni... by axelsvensson on Thursday June 22, 2023 @01:07AM (#36428196)
> We have so many online tools available to convert Volume units, but not every online tool gives an accurate result and that is why we have created this online Volume converter tool.

Then it converts 231 in^3 to 0.99999994293884 U.S. gal, while 1 U.S. gal converts to 231 in^3.

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Re:Show HN: I created Units Converter that contains 5000 uni... by KodyBerns99 on Friday June 23, 2023 @04:28AM (#36444243)
Thanks for the feedback. This is why I shared it here so that I can improve it based on the feedback. I have fixed it.
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Re:Show HN: I created Units Converter that contains 5000 uni... by t0mek on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:47PM (#36420994)
The results are correct, but the explanation is wrong, e.g.:

    By using our Celsius to Fahrenheit conversion tool, you know that one Celsius is equivalent to 33.8
    1000 C = 1000 x 33.8 = 1832 F
Probably the explanation engine doesn't support the offset in the underlying linear formula.
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Re:Show HN: I created Units Converter that contains 5000 uni... by quaintdev on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @12:53PM (#36421063)
I wonder if OP used ChatGPT for development as well as content of that site
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Re:Show HN: I created Units Converter that contains 5000 uni... by skilled on Wednesday June 21, 2023 @02:13PM (#36422158)
He did. A lot of the tools say things like, “in this article” …
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Re:Show HN: I created Units Converter that contains 5000 uni... by KomoD on Sunday June 25, 2023 @02:46PM (#36471364)
That makes me doubt all the results the site gives.
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