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People say this a lot, but when is it actually a problem? In this example, it's obviously Fahrenheit, since 130C makes no sense. From context, you can almost a
by dj_mc_merlin 6y ago
People say this a lot, but when is it actually a problem?
In this example, it's obviously Fahrenheit, since 130C makes no sense. From context, you can almost always tell whether it's C or F:
* < 50: C if it's warm, F if it's cold
* > 50: Mostly F, sometimes context-dependent
* And the closer to 0 the less it matters
For other values outside human range it doesn't make much of a difference. Humans can't appreciate the difference between 10000C and 10000F, it's just "really damn hot".
- wittyreference 6y agoI don’t know... an American newspaper describing an American locale as either “really hot by American measure” or “well above boiling by global measure”... seems very ambiguous to me.
- Izkata 6y agoSee comment that's currently just above yours: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24187188 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24187188