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I wonder how many people were confused by this "water is boiling at 212 degrees" bit. Sloppy, no unit, no pressure and not a typically used unit either.
by AstralStorm 7y ago
I wonder how many people were confused by this "water is boiling at 212 degrees" bit. Sloppy, no unit, no pressure and not a typically used unit either.
- lopmotr 7y agoIt's usually a fair bet that if a writer on the general internet uses ambiguous units, date formatting, or seasons, it's the American ones.
- dhimes 7y agoAgree. Aside from coefficients/ratios, a number without units is meaningless.
- DennisP 7y agoHow do you know it's not a typically used unit? It could be Celsius at high pressure. Or maybe you, like almost everyone else, aren't confused at all because you know water at sea level boils at 212 degrees Fahrenheit, a unit which is typically used in the U.S., and it's an informal quote by a U.S. resident of a coastal city.
- alanbernstein 7y agoThat's both a quote, and an analogy. You're not wrong, but it's hardly relevant.