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> The app defaults to F because it gives the more "human" temperature range. It because you are american. For europeans using celsius this is more like hierogl
by severak_cz 5y ago
> The app defaults to F because it gives the more "human" temperature range.
It because you are american. For europeans using celsius this is more like hieroglyphs (but I understand it works same other way around).
- Leftium 5y agoI've learned to use both C/F (although I admit I am more accustomed to F). More detailed arguments for F for weather here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28524505 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28524505 Merits of Metric vs. Imperial generalized: - Metric: science-based, regular (powers of 10) - Imperial: human-scaled, divisible (many divisors, including 3) An inch is about the breadth of a human thumb, and a foot is 12 inches. (Also about the length of a human foot.) For example, a surfer says "if you measure wave height in metres or cm it is not as accurate compared to the human body (a 6ft wave is under 2 m and we would not call a wave 182.88 cm high)" edit: length -> breadth
- damienpirsy 5y agopossibily one of the worst arguments in favor of something I've ever heard. "human-scaled" just because you grew up in a culture that uses them. In my mind, a foot doesn't mean anything since my foot, my wife's and my daughter's are quite different in lenght, while 30cm is 30cm for everyone - and once you start using meters as unity of measure you can easily envision it in your mind. So, please stop saying "it's clearer", it's NOT.