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Celsius units are so difficult to relate to... what's that in Fahrenheit?

by tantalor 6y ago

lacker 6y ago
Just multiply by 2 for a poor man’s Celsius -> Fahrenheit conversion. 200M degrees.
- grosswait 6y ago
  Or by 1.8 for a grade schooler's conversion.
ISL 6y ago
Since the conversion factor is about two: 200,000,000 degrees.
highwind 6y ago
At that temperature it's almost meaningless to compare the numerical value of C and F. But it's 180M F for the curious.
- Koshkin 6y ago
  Plus 32.
  - hinkley 6y ago
    We were only given 3 (or fewer) significant figures.
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Octoth0rpe 6y ago
Do... you actually have anything practical to relate it to at that scale? If you're talking over 1M degrees, it doesn't much matter if it's C, F, Rankine, or whatever. It is fucking hot :P
- throwaway0a5e 6y ago
  >Do... you actually have anything practical to relate it to at that scale? I think was the point of his comment. That the number is so big the unit doesn't matter.
  - onorton 6y ago
    Also, I think it relates to the point people arguing for Fahrenheit make that 0C and 100C aren't as relatable since they're related to boiling and freezing points of water compared to 0F and 100F which would be more "human" temperatures. So the joke is that this is one case where it doesn't matter.
- segfaultbuserr 6y ago
  I wonder whether it's a sarcastic comment. Due to Poe's Law, I cannot tell.
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- joshxyz 6y ago
  Why cant just farenheight be like kelvin, just add /subtract 273.15 to x thats it no fractions involved lol Like, okay thats 1,000,273.15 kelvin that seems hot
  - erk__ 6y ago
    That is exactly what rankine is but it is not really widely used.
tommoor 6y ago
Temperatures seven times hotter than the center of the sun aren't exactly easy to relate to regardless of the unit of measurement ;)
jerrysievert 6y ago
it's easier to think: first one, and then the other. at temperatures that high, there's nothing really relatable to what most of us have seen, so it's much easier to think in "abstract" terms.
microtherion 6y ago
I'm more bothered by the arbitrary origin of the scale… what's that temperature in Kelvin?
- RandomBK 6y ago
  100M Kelvin
  - lysp 6y ago
    100.00027315M Kelvin
jtms 6y ago
lets just say you can't put your hand near it or you'll get a pretty bad ouchie

Celsius units are so difficult to relate to... what's that in Fahrenheit?

lacker 6y ago

Just multiply by 2 for a poor man’s Celsius -> Fahrenheit conversion. 200M degrees.

grosswait 6y ago
Or by 1.8 for a grade schooler's conversion.

ISL 6y ago

Since the conversion factor is about two: 200,000,000 degrees.

highwind 6y ago

At that temperature it's almost meaningless to compare the numerical value of C and F. But it's 180M F for the curious.

Koshkin 6y ago
Plus 32.
- hinkley 6y ago
  We were only given 3 (or fewer) significant figures.

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Octoth0rpe 6y ago

Do... you actually have anything practical to relate it to at that scale? If you're talking over 1M degrees, it doesn't much matter if it's C, F, Rankine, or whatever. It is fucking hot :P

throwaway0a5e 6y ago
>Do... you actually have anything practical to relate it to at that scale? I think was the point of his comment. That the number is so big the unit doesn't matter.
- onorton 6y ago
  Also, I think it relates to the point people arguing for Fahrenheit make that 0C and 100C aren't as relatable since they're related to boiling and freezing points of water compared to 0F and 100F which would be more "human" temperatures. So the joke is that this is one case where it doesn't matter.
segfaultbuserr 6y ago
I wonder whether it's a sarcastic comment. Due to Poe's Law, I cannot tell.
- deleted 6y ago
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joshxyz 6y ago
Why cant just farenheight be like kelvin, just add /subtract 273.15 to x thats it no fractions involved lol Like, okay thats 1,000,273.15 kelvin that seems hot
- erk__ 6y ago
  That is exactly what rankine is but it is not really widely used.

tommoor 6y ago

Temperatures seven times hotter than the center of the sun aren't exactly easy to relate to regardless of the unit of measurement ;)

jerrysievert 6y ago

it's easier to think: first one, and then the other. at temperatures that high, there's nothing really relatable to what most of us have seen, so it's much easier to think in "abstract" terms.

microtherion 6y ago

I'm more bothered by the arbitrary origin of the scale… what's that temperature in Kelvin?

RandomBK 6y ago
100M Kelvin
- lysp 6y ago
  100.00027315M Kelvin

jtms 6y ago

lets just say you can't put your hand near it or you'll get a pretty bad ouchie