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> But, having lived in the U.S. and Europe roughly an equal amount of time, Fahrenheit is much much more accurate to estimate outdoor temperature with. Of what
by gepi79 8y ago
> But, having lived in the U.S. and Europe roughly an equal amount of time, Fahrenheit is much much more accurate to estimate outdoor temperature with.
Of what use are the smaller steps with Fahrenheit ?
I can not tell if it is 30 or 31 °C outside.
- cimmanom 8y agoThe usefulness isn’t in the granular steps. It’s in the intuitiveness of 100 being close to as hot as it gets and 0 being close to as cold as it gets, and being able to place any other temperature on that scale.
- presto8 8y ago> I can not tell if it is 30 or 31 °C outside. Most thermostats I've seen allow changes of 0.5 degrees C. So it seems that the thermostat manufacturers feel that the majority of users can tell a difference. And sometimes 1 degree C delta is too much for me in a room (e.g. 21.0 is comfortable, 22.0 is not, 21.5 is just right). So it's obviously a personal preference, but at least for me, I can tell a difference between 0.5 degrees C. And thus for my use case, whole integers in F is a slightly superior user experience since it avoid fractions.