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Who even uses Celsius (programming.dev)

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

Thank you, this is a a great idea! I've found these common temperatures online, in case anyone wants to learn them:

Description	Celsius (°C)	Fahrenheit (°F)
Absolute Zero	-273.15	-459.67
Freezing Point of Water (at sea level)	0	32
Average Room Temperature	20-22	68-72
Body Temperature	37	98.6
Average Summer Day	25-30	77-86
Heat of a Desert	40-50	104-122
Boiling Point of Water (at sea level)	100	212
Highest Recorded Earth Temperature	56.7	134

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

Average Summer Day 25-30 77-86

See, that's the problem with these "Fahrenheit is more intuitive" arguments. They are catered to a very specific country with a very specific climate. For me, 25-30 ºC is an average late spring day.

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

It's intuitive to those who grew up using it. For me, Celsius is much more intuitive because people around me used it all my life and refer to common temperatures in Celsius.

So I think intuitiveness is very subjective and not a good criterion to judge a unit by.