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Re:Celsius Was Lying by hospitalJail on Thursday July 13, 2023 @04:21PM (#36715413)
I worked in a factory that didn't have decimal points on the thermostat for the ovens.

It was sooo much harder to make foam in Canada than in the US as a result.

I know that is an ancient problem, but this was only a decade ago....

Kind of blows my mind the rest of the world doesnt use decimals when talking about the weather.

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Re:Celsius Was Lying by earthboundkid on Friday July 14, 2023 @09:49AM (#36724009)
The problem with Celsius is that nice weather in Fahrenheit is 70 to 80, but in Celsius it's only 20 to 25. 5 degrees is too narrow to talk about the difference between a little too cool and a little too hot!

For cooking in ovens or whatever, it's fine because you're up at 350/175 or 500/250. Once you're up that high, precision doesn't matter.

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