• subtext@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    I don’t think anyone knows what a C° is

    Most every kid who has taken high school science should know what °C is, though

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      I’m american and I know 10 C isn’t even that cold because it’s above freezing

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        I live in the American South, and I’m happy to wear shorts outside at 10C (50 F), so long as it’s not windy…

        Now, a jacket at 30C (86F)… that’s a bit warm for me…

        F = C*(9/5)+32

        If you don’t want the ratio, 9/5=1.8

        To estimate the temperature conversion, multiply by 2 and add 32… then estimate a touch less… I eyeballed 10C to be 50ish before breaking out the calculator and finding it was 50 on the nose

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    2 months ago

    Cº is the final boss of the C family of programming languages, once you’ve sharpened your senses to an objective double plus level of holy, minus any rust, you can finally get the degree.

  • RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world
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    I mean, Americans know 0C is the freezing temperature of water and 100C is the boiling temperature of water, so even with that most basic information taught in like, First Grade Science, people can understand the meme.

    People wearing shorts in the cold vs people wearing jackets in the heat.

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      You overestimate the public education system in my state; especially when I was in grade school.

      (I thought it was 100°F boiling and 0°F was freezing)

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      Bro… Brooooooo… I’m jealous of your faith in the american education system.

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        I learned it in First Grade and nearly everyone I have talked to did as well, and I am in California which is rated as the #40 best state for public education, which puts me technically near the bottom. So unless someone happens to come from a state that is lower than California (10 states in descending order where last is worst: TN, FL, NC, OK, SC, AL, NM, NV, LA, or AZ), then chances are very tiny that they were not taught that basic fact in grade school, which was then repeatedly used in every science class afterwards.

        American Public Education Rankings by State

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        +20 to +25 is the perfect temperature Below is cold, above is hot

        At 0, snow and ice form, so +10 is in the middle between your regular room temperature and freezing (i.e. jacket weather)

        +30 is the kind of weather when you better be naked or wearing lightest of clothes or you’re gonna get baked over time. Not deadly by any means, but highly uncomfortable.

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          I take it in tens.

          -20° to -10° is full parka weather. Your breath freezes on your clothes and moisture in the air dries up.

          -10° to 0° is winter coat and scarf weather. Damp cold. Snow and ice but you don’t feel like your eyeballs are freezing.

          0° to 10° Jacket weather. Early spring temps. Pretty mild in either direction.

          10° - 20° Hoodie and t-shirt to taste. Basically the comfortable human range for most.

          20°- 30° T-shirt time. Anything above 25 is solidly in swimming weather territory.

          30°- 40° Time to seek some shade. Heatstroke and heat exhaustion are variable in this range the low end is a health risk for seniors the high end is a risk for even the hardcore heat lovers in their prime.

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        Water freezes at zero, so 10C is cold but only kinda cold.

        Humn body temperature is 37C so 30C is got but only kinda hot.

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    I live in Morocco and I’ve seen people wearing thick winter jackets in 45c, and then they’ll complain about it being too hot.

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      I’ve been to Morocco. It was absolute torture. There was a tiny little gap in my clothing that I forgot to put sunscreen on and my flesh got actually cooked. The people were pretty chill though.

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    When I lived in Minnesota the shorts came out when we warmed up to even 1C. Yeah I’m American but I’ve lived a couple of years in Europe and I can math so I know what a C is. I still prefer F. But my wife likes D.

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    Humidity and wind chill are more important than temperature IMO.

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      They are when the temperature is still relatively sane but uncomfortable. But once you get into severe temperature zones, it don’t mean shit. Like yeah 90F in Chicago is gonna feel about as hot as 110F in Phoenix because of the humidity. Anything over that is just reeeeeeeel fuckin hot regardless. I just spent a week in the Grand Canyon last summer and you use all kinds of innovative ways to stay cool in the 120F heat. But for some reason in the early evening when it would hit 130F it just felt like an oven no matter what you did. 10/10 trip tho would absolutely do it again!

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    I mean, we know what ice and fire mean. And believe it or not, we know where both Canada and Australia are.

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    2 months ago

    x*1.8+32 = how you convert to °Freedom. We know how, we just don’t acknowledge your °Communist temperature measurement.

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    It’s easy to convert though. (212-32)/100 = 1.8. So you multiply your temperature in C by 1.8, and then add 32, and you have your temperature in Fahrenheit. So if it’s 30C out, (30*1.8) +32 = 86F.

    It is, admittedly, easier to convert centimeters to inches; that conversion is exactly 2.54cm/in.

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      You don’t need to do a conversion, you can just learn them intuitively. 0 is dangerously cold, 10 is cold, 20 is comfortable, 30 is hot, 40 is dangerously hot.

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        That’s the joke…?

        I wouldn’t say that 0C is dangerous cold. For me, that’s more like -20C, and -30C is really quite unpleasant.

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          it depends on the cloth you have

          I live in a very warm country

          I literally don’t have clothes that I could use if the temperature got negative

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            A lot of it is individual adaptation. People in colder climates may wear clothing very similar to people in warmer climates, but are just used to the colder temperatures. Someone from a colder country would probably end up getting heat stroke in your country while wearing the same clothing as you.

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            Whoah there, 20c° is shorts weather, let’s not get carried away. In winter, it’s a comfy setting for the thermostat (speaking from New England). If it were 32c°, I’m sitting inside in air conditioning

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              20c is pants and jacket time! 32c is the high everyday. It’s just normal and certainly not hot.

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        0 is when snow turns to ice, so slipping becomes a thing to be aware of. But more like -5 to -10 degrees since direct sunlight tends to melt it. It’s not really that cold unless you’re sitting naked outside.

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        30c is the perfect temperature. It’s not hot it’s nice. 40c is fine if you drink water and use shade. It’s like saying 5c is dangerous bc it can kill you if you don’t wear a jacket.

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      2.54cm is easier for me because I do 2.04x + ½x.

      8 inches? 16.32 + 4 = 20.32

      12? 24.48 + 6 = 30.48

      30? 61.20 + 15 = 76.20

      60? 122.40 + 30 = 152.40

      I don’t know why, but I find this easier. Maybe because it’s 4x, 2x, and ½ and my brain doesn’t like adding 32 and working in 1.8.