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[–] BigMoe@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago (2 children)

I’m terrified of driving the day they move the US from miles to kilometers. People go well over the speed limit as it is. I can only imagine how many people would read the kilometer per hour speed limit as miles.

[–] JokerCharlie@lemmy.zip 2 points 7 months ago

England still has their speed limits in mph and all road signs are in miles and yards…

[–] init@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 months ago

I had never considered this before, but you're absolutely right

[–] wuphysics87@lemmy.ml -1 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Perhaps I'm biased, but sometimes it's easier to work in fractions. Also, setting room temp is objectively better in F. I can tell the difference between 74 and 75. That said, I'm also a scientist so I'm permitted these opinions.

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[–] dan1101@lemm.ee -4 points 7 months ago (4 children)

I really like Farenheit system for temperatures. 0 is really cold and 100 is really hot, but both survivable. It's a human-centric system.

0C is the temperature that water freezes, which is good but temperatures more often go negative with that system. 100C is boiling so you'd be dead.

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