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> The real question I have is ... who really cares Me, when the term “degrees” is used without further clarification.
by JosephRedfern 5y ago
> The real question I have is ... who really cares
Me, when the term “degrees” is used without further clarification.
- rootusrootus 5y agoI just read the material for context and convert if I need to. This publication is a US publication written for a US audience. In that context their choice makes sense. I can easily convert it to C.
- JosephRedfern 5y agoFair enough. I’m just of the opinion that a single byte of extra data (assuming ASCII) conveys an awful lot of contextual information, and can see few reasons to exclude it.
- falcolas 5y agoRead TFA. The celsius measurement is in the first sentence, listed before the farenheit equivalent. "A weather station in Sicily may have set an all-time high temperature record for all of Europe on Wednesday, when the temperature climbed to a scorching 48.8°C (119.8°F) amid a regional heat wave that has shown few signs of relenting."
- JosephRedfern 5y agoIt’s a single byte of information, maybe 4 at a push. It doesn’t take much to include and avoids a lot of ambiguity.
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