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Re:The polar vortex is hitting the brakes by timschmidt on Saturday March 22, 2025 @07:07PM (#43449408)
This is very interesting, because I absolutely can feel one degree F difference in house temperature.

I wonder if using a lower resolution scale dulls the senses like other forms of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linguistic_relativity

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Re:The polar vortex is hitting the brakes by nukem222 on Saturday March 22, 2025 @07:09PM (#43449420)
I live in the US and can't change my thermostat, so I don't think that's it.

I'm sure I could feel the difference if i split myself between two rooms with one degree difference. I just don't think this is a useful granularity—I typically move the thermostat by 2-5 degrees at a time.

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