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[–] velox_vulnus@lemmy.ml 38 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (32 children)

"How hot is it, honey?"

"Not a lot, just 298.15 K"

[–] ShaunaTheDead@kbin.social 23 points 10 months ago (22 children)

Yeah but C makes more sense. 0-10 is cold but not freezing, 10-20 is cool, 20-30 is warm, 30-40 is hot, 40+ is "you're gonna die of heat exposure! Get inside, what are you doing?!" increasing in urgency with the number. If it's in the negatives, it's the same as the 40+ except "cold exposure".

[–] Zaphod@discuss.tchncs.de 18 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (6 children)

It makes more sense in terms of our perception. But from a science perspective ~~Klevin~~ Kelvin makes more sense since you can't go lower than 0 K and negative temperature doesn't really make sense, since it'd mean something like negative energy.

[–] Robust_Mirror@aussie.zone 3 points 10 months ago

Yeah but from an every day perspective you've basically got 250 or so units there for no reason.

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