The polar vortex is hitting the brakes

Re:The polar vortex is hitting the brakes by hollerith on Saturday March 22, 2025 @09:23PM (#43450212)

Herr Fahrenheit measured the temperature many times over a period of one year in some town in Germany. He defined 0 degrees as the coldest measurement, 100 the hottest measurement.

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Re:The polar vortex is hitting the brakes by taberiand on Sunday March 23, 2025 @01:05AM (#43451015)

Ok but Celsius works wherever you are (adjusting for pressure)

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Re:The polar vortex is hitting the brakes by 0rzech on Monday March 24, 2025 @04:35PM (#43465148)

> some town in Germany

The Polish city of Gdańsk, of the then Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. He was also born there at the time. [1]

> He defined 0 degrees as the coldest measurement, 100 the hottest measurement.

Nope. It was neither about the temperatures in Gdańsk, nor about the temperature of his wife, btw. ;) [2]

  [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Gabriel_Fahrenheit
  [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fahrenheit

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