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[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (14 children)

I'm gonna be honest. I love Celsius for the the whole perfect math reasons with calories and water based measurement...

But the curve on temps is a pain when all the nice temperatures require using a decimal place to decide just how slightly above or below pleasant it is but cold is basically everything from 16°C to -30°C And then decimals really matter when hotter than pleasant temps.

Whole rounded integers are just so vastly different depending how high or low you are in Celsius.

[–] [email protected] 30 points 3 weeks ago (13 children)

I don't know man, I've lived my entire life in a country that only uses Celsius and I've never seen a single place or person using decimals to display temperature we always use whole numbers.

I get your point but the difference in 1 degree in Celsius is still very insignificant to the point we don't really need decimals at all.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 3 weeks ago (10 children)

I've been all over the world. Trust me seeing 21.6 or other decimals is not uncommon you and others are really just pushing hard on the ideas that there is no flaws and none of the quirks of Celsius.

I literally just set an air conditioner to 20.5°C. I don't get why lie like this.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The reason you see fractions is BECAUSE of Fahrenheit. Your air conditioner is designed to work in multiple regions and so it works on steps. Easier to just map the half steps to Fahrenheit degrees and call it a day.

For non-electronic usage, people just say the round number.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (2 children)

No this was an airconditioner built for and used in Japan only. It's only in Celsius. It just uses decimal point options for finer control. I have been in plenty of places that only use Celsius and use decimals especially higher than 20s.

And still doesn't change the drastic change between the whole numbers the higher you go vs lower temps.

Edit: literally my fever thermometer uses decimals to help you get a proper temperature reading between normal and fever.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Sure the thermometer is the one place I remember decimals, but I can guarantee you no one I've ever met in my life knows the difference between 25 and 26 degrees celsius, much less decimals of it.

Specially air conditioners, they all have arrows to go up and down the temperature, you're literally just speaking from a very specific experience of one special air conditioner that had more control than most others.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 3 weeks ago

Whatever it was it was intended for it was built in China for a global audience, then customized for whatever market it was sold in. They all use common software platforms.

It does indeed change that fact, because temperature is exclusively reported in whole numbers. Go to any weather channel, site, provider, etc. It’s always whole numbers, even in Celsius.

It truly doesn’t matter.

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