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Hard? So is using the degree symbol apparently: not a single one in the whole article. (68F is not a temperature — it’s a seat number.) https://degreeswhat.co

Hard? So is using the degree symbol apparently: not a single one in the whole article. (68F is not a temperature — it’s a seat number.) https://degreeswhat.com/?68 https://degreeswhat.com/?68

eviks 3y ago
"To be fair", there is ASCII in the name
- brucedawson 3y ago
  "To be fair..." (chorus of Letterkenny voices) I appreciate the ASCII-only excuse, but I've corrected the omission anyway. Non-ASCII characters in randomascii - what will they think of next?
  - perilunar 3y ago
    Thanks for that!
  - MayeulC 3y ago
    Pssst... You over-corrected > 278 °K to 283 °K, There's no ° symbol before the kelvin unit, just a regular non-breaking space if you want to be SI-compliant.
  - algas 3y ago
    You may have overcorrected a bit; 300 Kelvin is written 300K, not 300 °K. (The system is a mess.)
    - Kwpolska 3y ago
      It is written "300 K", with a space in the middle. Possibly even a non-breaking space.
      - kergonath 3y ago
        Definitely a non-breaking space.
- Moru 3y ago
  To be double fair, the page says in the bottom "And worry about whether this blog should have been called randomutf-8"
- avgcorrection 3y ago
  68:degrees:F
pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
No, 68 farads is a capacitance. Pretty massive one, too. It's another question how they obtain that from coulombs...
- Rygian 3y ago
  That would be 68 F [1]. I agree with parent, 68F is a seat number. [1] https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html (number 15).
  - delta_p_delta_x 3y ago
    After using siunitx[1], I have taken great care to ensure the spacing of measures and their corresponding units. [1]: https://ctan.org/pkg/siunitx?lang=en https://ctan.org/pkg/siunitx?lang=en
- danbruc 3y ago
  That would be 68 F, not 86F.
bawolff 3y ago
This is taking being a grammar nazi to a whole new level.
- jjgreen 3y ago
  That's grammar Nazi
- pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
  I don't know how to tell you, but language prescription is not actually morally equivalent to genocide.
Amorymeltzer 3y ago
Way back in high school precalculus, I had a particularly hard (and hard-ass) teacher. I generally scored in the 85-95 range, but one exam I was shocked to get a grade in the 60s. When I asked the teacher about it they pointed out that since I hadn't written my angles with the degree symbol (e.g. 45˚) that meant they were in radians, and thus very (very) wrong. Never did that again.

Hard? So is using the degree symbol apparently: not a single one in the whole article. (68F is not a temperature — it’s a seat number.) https://degreeswhat.com/?68 https://degreeswhat.com/?68

eviks 3y ago

"To be fair", there is ASCII in the name

brucedawson 3y ago
"To be fair..." (chorus of Letterkenny voices) I appreciate the ASCII-only excuse, but I've corrected the omission anyway. Non-ASCII characters in randomascii - what will they think of next?
- perilunar 3y ago
  Thanks for that!
- MayeulC 3y ago
  Pssst... You over-corrected > 278 °K to 283 °K, There's no ° symbol before the kelvin unit, just a regular non-breaking space if you want to be SI-compliant.
- algas 3y ago
  You may have overcorrected a bit; 300 Kelvin is written 300K, not 300 °K. (The system is a mess.)
  - Kwpolska 3y ago
    It is written "300 K", with a space in the middle. Possibly even a non-breaking space.
    - kergonath 3y ago
      Definitely a non-breaking space.
Moru 3y ago
To be double fair, the page says in the bottom "And worry about whether this blog should have been called randomutf-8"
avgcorrection 3y ago
68:degrees:F

pwdisswordfishc 3y ago

No, 68 farads is a capacitance. Pretty massive one, too. It's another question how they obtain that from coulombs...

Rygian 3y ago
That would be 68 F [1]. I agree with parent, 68F is a seat number. [1] https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html https://physics.nist.gov/cuu/Units/checklist.html (number 15).
- delta_p_delta_x 3y ago
  After using siunitx[1], I have taken great care to ensure the spacing of measures and their corresponding units. [1]: https://ctan.org/pkg/siunitx?lang=en https://ctan.org/pkg/siunitx?lang=en
danbruc 3y ago
That would be 68 F, not 86F.

bawolff 3y ago

This is taking being a grammar nazi to a whole new level.

jjgreen 3y ago
That's grammar Nazi
pwdisswordfishc 3y ago
I don't know how to tell you, but language prescription is not actually morally equivalent to genocide.

Amorymeltzer 3y ago

Way back in high school precalculus, I had a particularly hard (and hard-ass) teacher. I generally scored in the 85-95 range, but one exam I was shocked to get a grade in the 60s. When I asked the teacher about it they pointed out that since I hadn't written my angles with the degree symbol (e.g. 45˚) that meant they were in radians, and thus very (very) wrong. Never did that again.