| ▲ | defrost 2 days ago | |||||||
I chuckled ... and yet remain on side with Celsius. | ||||||||
| ▲ | fuzzfactor a day ago | parent [-] | |||||||
Fahrenheit has finer granularity without fractions. IOW each Celsius degree is bigger than each Fahrenheit degree. Even though the F numbers are so much higher and it seems unbearably hot :) So for a thermostat that only can be set in 1 degree increments (without a decimal point), you have finer control when using F than using C. Anybody can memorize the conversion more easily by throwing out the math, using table lookup -- made easier by throwing out most of the table too. Just remember every 5 C equals a non-fractional F. And every 5 C equals 9 F. If all you are interested in is comfort level it's like this:
Least significant digit of F drops by 1 every time without fail.Looks like it increases by 1 each time in the tens column, but it's only 9 so 50 & 59 are the outliers, which most people have memorized already. If you are a Celsius native and you think in terms of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30 -- you only need to remember 5 different F numbers, 50, 59, 68, 77 & 86 and that will get you far. Good luck using these as your lottery numbers ;) | ||||||||
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