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The only one I’m going to be sad about is going from Fahrenheit to Celsius, outside of the slightly harder to remember water freezing and boiling points, Fahren
by ericd 4y ago
The only one I’m going to be sad about is going from Fahrenheit to Celsius, outside of the slightly harder to remember water freezing and boiling points, Fahrenheit seems like it has a better UX for weather comfort. Because the scale is spread out more, each 10 degrees corresponds pretty well to a type of dress, whereas a 10 degree swing in Celsius is pretty drastic.
I’m sure Celsius users have their own mental mapping for that, but it‘s not going to be simple 10 degree bands.
- dragonwriter 4y ago> Because the scale is spread out more, each 10 degrees corresponds pretty well to a type of dress, whereas a 10 degree swing in Celsius is pretty drastic. On the level of comfort and dress, looking at a ±10°F as a change of clothing type corresponds reasonably closely to viewing ±5°C in the same way. Seems like, while there is a familiarization period, its not likely to be any less convenient long term.
- ericd 4y agoYeah, that’s roughly what I was guessing based on the conversion, so just slightly worse on that front. There’s also something aesthetically pleasing about having a normal temperature range that’s essentially 0 to 100, rather than -20 to 40.
- kortilla 4y agoWhy is -10F not as normal as 0F? Seems arbitrary.
- nephanth 4y agoOn the flip side, Celsius is well suited to measure weather, because I can actually feel a 1~2°C shift in air temperature whereas 1~2°F is more faint