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minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8arrow-down1·11 months agoJust looked at the Wikipedia page. What is the reason for so many fucking scales?
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up20·11 months agoDifferent people deciding at different times that they need to measure temperature for something specific and then varying degrees of adoption.
minus-squarederekabutton@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·11 months agoWell Kelvin makes some math much easier. Formulas look pretty if you don’t need to remove 213 a bunch of times.
minus-squaresnugglesthefalse@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·11 months agoIirc it’s 273.15 but yeah, less maths.
minus-squareJusticeForPorygon@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agoYeah that sums it up thanks
minus-squareQuik@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·11 months agoIs there any research on which xkcds are cited most often?
minus-squarePotatoesFall@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·11 months agoThe purpose for this one is for scientists that normally use Fahrenheit. Those people don’t really exist though
minus-squareTonyTonyChopper@mander.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·11 months agothey used to exist like 200 years ago
Just looked at the Wikipedia page. What is the reason for so many fucking scales?
Different people deciding at different times that they need to measure temperature for something specific and then varying degrees of adoption.
Well Kelvin makes some math much easier. Formulas look pretty if you don’t need to remove 213 a bunch of times.
Iirc it’s 273.15 but yeah, less maths.
https://xkcd.com/927/
Yeah that sums it up thanks
Is there any research on which xkcds are cited most often?
The purpose for this one is for scientists that normally use Fahrenheit. Those people don’t really exist though
they used to exist like 200 years ago