W Celsius
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I'm in Québec, -10 is chilly, 14 is shorts
Same in Alberta -10 maybe put on a jacket, 14 grab the beers and fire up the BBQ it's patio time
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As you approach 0°F it is getting dangerously cold. As you approach 100°F it's getting dangerously hot. Celsius is obviously better scientifically, but fahrenheit is pretty reasonable for everyday use (unlike other imperial measurements).
Really my point is you can memorize new numbers when you look at the weather report.
When I go (went ) to the US it was not obvious to me looking at the weather in Fahrenheit what it would feel like.
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Celsius makes most sense in places that experience proper winter.
Is it above 0? Then the snow is melting.
Is it below 0? Then the melted snow has turned into slippery ice. Have fun! -
Really my point is you can memorize new numbers when you look at the weather report.
When I go (went ) to the US it was not obvious to me looking at the weather in Fahrenheit what it would feel like.
Of course. I'm just adding that there is some logic to fahrenheit in day to day use.
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The US could have switched to the world-wide standard years ago but under Reagan the switch was abandoned.
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What I'll defend, however, is fractional measurements when precision matters.
With decimal measurements, precision can't be nearly as granular. If your measurement is precise to one 1/8 of a unit, how do you represent that in decimal? 0.625 implies your measurement is precise to the nearest thousandth, but rounding it to 1 also isn't precise. 5/8, however, tells you the measurement AND the precision.
With fractional measurements, you can specify precision by changing the denominator to any number, whereas decimal is essentially fractional measurements, but with fixed denominator at powers of 10. For instance, a measurements of a half-unit with levels of precision between 0.1 and 0.10, fractional can be 6/12, 7/14, 8/16, 9/18, 10/20, 24/48, etc. Decimal can't specify that precision without essentially writing a sentance.
What's simpler to record? "24/48" or "0.5 +- 0.208333...."
When precision matters, that precision is considered in the measurements. You would never put 0.5 +- 0.208333, you express it as 0.50 +- 0.21. The error value is just the standard deviation of the measurements and it doesn't make sense to use more than 2 significant digits.
Another example would be measuring large distances using a ruler with centimeter precision. In that case, a measurement would be expressed as 250 +- 1 cm. Converting the measurement from cm to mm, it is 2500 +- 10 mm. This is much more cumbersome with inches or feet as changing units means updating the precision, possibly reducing it.
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0°C = outside the sauna
100°C = inside the sauna
100 degrees is uncomfortably hot for a sauna. Somewhere around 80 is good.
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I'm guessing that the 1.136 L comes from not wanting to change actual package size when switching to metric. Can't be a coincidence that 1.136L is 2 imperial pints.
It's not too uncommon for that to happen. The smaller glass Coke bottles are something like 290ml from being converted from flozzies (I think some places have a 355ml one)
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As a European living in the US now for many years the temperature scale is the least of my annoyances. It's easy enough to memorize be ranges for what to wear. Fahrenheit is more granular, which is nice sometimes but really doesn't matter.
No, let's convert all the ridiculous weight/volume measures first. Having two kinds of ounces makes no sense. Measuring solids by volume (mostly) doesn't make sense. Having different units for different magnitudes doesn't make sense.
Fortunately things are often labeled in both metric and customary units so I can convert way easier.
Now if you'll excuse me I'm going to have my 12 fluid ounces of coffee and a 1/3 cup of oatmeal.
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69C is hot
69C is hawt.
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C is even more intuitive than the graphic.
0 = water's frozen
100 = water's boilingAnd weight also revolves around water. 1L of water is 1KG which is 1000cm^3^ whereas 1cm^3^ is 1g. Super easy to calculate things.
Edit: correction
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You really recognize these weirdly precise numbers in packaging.
355ml. 454g. 25.4mm.
Yeah, suuuuure your chocolate bar is precise to 3 sig figs..
12 fl oz, 1 pound, 1 inch for us Americans or those curious about the imperial system.
Also, are you buying a pound of chocolate?
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Celsius makes most sense in places that experience proper winter.
Is it above 0? Then the snow is melting.
Is it below 0? Then the melted snow has turned into slippery ice. Have fun!Anybody who's lived anywhere that has a proper winter knows that it isn't as simple as below freezing = ice and above freezing = water.
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Celsius makes most sense in places that experience proper winter.
Is it above 0? Then the snow is melting.
Is it below 0? Then the melted snow has turned into slippery ice. Have fun!I mean, I live somewhere with proper winter, just because it's snowing doesn't mean it's cold yet.
I've personally been in -37C before, so yeah maybe 0C isn't so cold to me anymore.
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Hey I'm American and think we should switch to metric. While Celsius has a more objective basis than Fahrenheit, doesn't seem like the same slam dunk as the other measurements.
Are there applications where we're measuring in centicelsius or kilocelsius? There aren't weird non-base ten increments of Fahrenheit. In Fahrenheit 0 is cold and 100 is hot as well...
I'm still fine changing to it, just doesn't seem to have the same "in your face" value for this graphic.
We do use metric in America. All the time actually. It's taught in high school science classes. We use it in science, medicine, aerospace, military, and engineering.
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h = hecto
da = deca (had to look that one up)
d = deci
c = centi×100, ×10, ÷10, ÷100, respectively
You'll know centi from centimetres. Decimetres are somewhat common because 1dm³ = 1L. Hectopascal is a common unit of pressure.
no one uses hg or dag or dg... wouldve been better to put kg, mg, ug, ng on here...
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What I'll defend, however, is fractional measurements when precision matters.
With decimal measurements, precision can't be nearly as granular. If your measurement is precise to one 1/8 of a unit, how do you represent that in decimal? 0.625 implies your measurement is precise to the nearest thousandth, but rounding it to 1 also isn't precise. 5/8, however, tells you the measurement AND the precision.
With fractional measurements, you can specify precision by changing the denominator to any number, whereas decimal is essentially fractional measurements, but with fixed denominator at powers of 10. For instance, a measurements of a half-unit with levels of precision between 0.1 and 0.10, fractional can be 6/12, 7/14, 8/16, 9/18, 10/20, 24/48, etc. Decimal can't specify that precision without essentially writing a sentance.
What's simpler to record? "24/48" or "0.5 +- 0.208333...."
If you are drawing maps, a precision of meters is enough. If you are building a house, cm it is. If you are making furniture, mm. If you are working with metal, um (micrometer)
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The funnuest argument for farenheit that i keep seeing is: celsius is good for scientific things, but in everyday life, farenheit is better, because it tells you how it FEELS. 60F feels pleasant while 40 is too cold.
The delusion is real, even tge dumbest american can learn new numbers, i believe in you the same way you velive a pedo is gonna save you
Celsius isn't even used in science. Kelvins are used.
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Celsius makes most sense in places that experience proper winter.
Is it above 0? Then the snow is melting.
Is it below 0? Then the melted snow has turned into slippery ice. Have fun!On a scale of 0 to 100.
Celsius is water
Fahrenheit is people -
Yeah, 100°C is pretty warm
came to.comment this. lol
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