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xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales (xkcd.com)

submitted 2 months ago by [email protected] to c/xkcd

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In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths' record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.

https://explainxkcd.com/3001/

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[–] [email protected] 67 points 2 months ago (1 children)

LOL, the original Celsius scale really is 10/0 cursed.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Dividing by zero 😱

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 months ago

Dividing by zero

still makes more sense to me than a lower-number-means-warmer-temperature scale.

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