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Venus is room temperature with low radiation, if you dig in. Living on Venus was floating around as an easier alternative to living on the Mars surface. Room

by a3w 1y ago

Venus is room temperature with low radiation, if you dig in. Living on Venus was floating around as an easier alternative to living on the Mars surface. Room temperature is 21°C, I have no idea how many freedom fries units that is.

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
> Room temperature is 21°C Debated, was 23 or 25 in my college textbooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_temperature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_temperature > I have no idea how many freedom fries units that is. Kind of a bad attempt at humor? Imperial units is fine.
- bryant 1y ago
  Imperialist here. Freedom fries was funny.
  - yndoendo 1y ago
    Had to add metric to an imperial unit application since it is to be sold internationally. I live in a Fahrenheit country so I set my phone, computer, and car to Celsius to learn how the the temperatures readings feel. I 100% agree, "Freedom Fries Units" is quite fitting. Turns out I prefer Celsius over Fahrenheit in day to day usage.
- antonvs 1y ago
  The US doesn't use Imperial units. It uses US customary units, which are different from Imperial in several significant ways, because the Imperial system evolved after the US split from the British Empire. Also interestingly, US customary units are defined in terms of metric. So in a sense, the US does use the metric system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units
  - Podrod 1y ago
    I often correct people regarding the US not using Imperial as well but to be fair the only significant difference these days is in fluid measurements. Weight and length measurements were standardised between US customary and Imperial back in the 1950s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_yard_and_pound https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_yard_and_pound
  - ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
    That is good to know. Also linked from that article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and...
esseph 1y ago
68.9deg F
ubermonkey 1y ago
A shockingly useful "quick and dirty" estimate for C to F for temps humans are likely to encounter is 2x + 30. It's not precise at all, but for purposes of "what does that feel like outside" or "should I bring a sweater" it works pretty well. 21C would, by this estimate, be 72F. The true conversion is just shy of 70F, so, again, it's not correct but it's close enough for this kind of conversation.
- bryant 1y ago
  for what it's worth: add 9 degrees F (or 18 if it's easier to remember) for every 5 degrees C (10 C, easier), and peg 32F to 0C. You get: -40F=-40C -22F=-30C -4F =-20C 14F =-10C 32F = 0C 50F = 10C 68F = 20C 86F = 30C 104F= 40C and then approximate in between from there. It's quick enough for me now that I skip the 2x+30.
  - abduhl 1y ago
    In this HN subthread: users slowly converge on the conversion formula for Celsius to Fahrenheit (32+9C/5) in greater and greater precision while calling it an “approximation.”
  - euroderf 1y ago
    10c is 50f (easy to remember) 27c is 81f (it's all threes!)
  - noslenwerdna 1y ago
    These points make it easy to remember for me, adding ~5C for 10 F. 40 F = 4 C (forty is four) 50 F = 10 C 60 F = 16 C (sixty is sixteen)
  - freedomben 1y ago
    Always interesting what's easier for some people. Personally 9/5x + 32 is much easier for me to remember and calculate
- iambateman 1y ago
  I try to remember: 0 = freezing 10 = chilly 20 = comfy 30 = warm 40 = scorching.
thomastjeffery 1y ago
The irony is that (at least I'm pretty sure) the concept of "room temperature" was originally pinned to 70° Freedom Degrees. Your 21°C reference unit is probably a rounded conversion, which explains the sibling comment arguing 23°-25°C as potentially inferior alternatives. An accurate conversion would be 21.1̅°C.
- glenstein 1y ago
  Conceivably, if you had an umbrella to protect yourself from the acid rain, an oxygen mask, and were on a very safe floating platform in the upper atmosphere, you could walk around in a t-shirt and be just fine.
- deleted 1y ago
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ben7799 1y ago
The Fahrenheit scale is European, not American. It was created in Poland well before the United States broke off from Great Britain. We're just slow to change.
- vjvjvjvjghv 1y ago
  Maybe there is a reverse psychological angle to make the current US administration go metric. Fahrenheit->Polish->European->Communist/Woke. Can't have that!
  - palmotea 1y ago
    > Maybe there is a reverse psychological angle to make the current US administration go metric. Fahrenheit->Polish->European->Communist/Woke. Can't have that! 1. That nonsensical, because the same logic would apply to Celsius temperatures. 2. Americans don't keep using Fahrenheit because of some aversion to Europe. Though I do have some fondness for it as resistance to the machine-people who are always going on about efficiency and trying to hurry everyone up.
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by a3w 1y ago

ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago

> Room temperature is 21°C Debated, was 23 or 25 in my college textbooks: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_temperature https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_temperature > I have no idea how many freedom fries units that is. Kind of a bad attempt at humor? Imperial units is fine.

bryant 1y ago
Imperialist here. Freedom fries was funny.
- yndoendo 1y ago
  Had to add metric to an imperial unit application since it is to be sold internationally. I live in a Fahrenheit country so I set my phone, computer, and car to Celsius to learn how the the temperatures readings feel. I 100% agree, "Freedom Fries Units" is quite fitting. Turns out I prefer Celsius over Fahrenheit in day to day usage.
antonvs 1y ago
The US doesn't use Imperial units. It uses US customary units, which are different from Imperial in several significant ways, because the Imperial system evolved after the US split from the British Empire. Also interestingly, US customary units are defined in terms of metric. So in a sense, the US does use the metric system. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_customary_units
- Podrod 1y ago
  I often correct people regarding the US not using Imperial as well but to be fair the only significant difference these days is in fluid measurements. Weight and length measurements were standardised between US customary and Imperial back in the 1950s https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_yard_and_pound https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_yard_and_pound
- ZYbCRq22HbJ2y7 1y ago
  That is good to know. Also linked from that article: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and_US_customary_measurement_systems https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_the_imperial_and...

esseph 1y ago

68.9deg F

ubermonkey 1y ago

A shockingly useful "quick and dirty" estimate for C to F for temps humans are likely to encounter is 2x + 30. It's not precise at all, but for purposes of "what does that feel like outside" or "should I bring a sweater" it works pretty well. 21C would, by this estimate, be 72F. The true conversion is just shy of 70F, so, again, it's not correct but it's close enough for this kind of conversation.

bryant 1y ago
for what it's worth: add 9 degrees F (or 18 if it's easier to remember) for every 5 degrees C (10 C, easier), and peg 32F to 0C. You get: -40F=-40C -22F=-30C -4F =-20C 14F =-10C 32F = 0C 50F = 10C 68F = 20C 86F = 30C 104F= 40C and then approximate in between from there. It's quick enough for me now that I skip the 2x+30.
- abduhl 1y ago
  In this HN subthread: users slowly converge on the conversion formula for Celsius to Fahrenheit (32+9C/5) in greater and greater precision while calling it an “approximation.”
- euroderf 1y ago
  10c is 50f (easy to remember) 27c is 81f (it's all threes!)
- noslenwerdna 1y ago
  These points make it easy to remember for me, adding ~5C for 10 F. 40 F = 4 C (forty is four) 50 F = 10 C 60 F = 16 C (sixty is sixteen)
- freedomben 1y ago
  Always interesting what's easier for some people. Personally 9/5x + 32 is much easier for me to remember and calculate
iambateman 1y ago
I try to remember: 0 = freezing 10 = chilly 20 = comfy 30 = warm 40 = scorching.

thomastjeffery 1y ago

The irony is that (at least I'm pretty sure) the concept of "room temperature" was originally pinned to 70° Freedom Degrees. Your 21°C reference unit is probably a rounded conversion, which explains the sibling comment arguing 23°-25°C as potentially inferior alternatives. An accurate conversion would be 21.1̅°C.

glenstein 1y ago
Conceivably, if you had an umbrella to protect yourself from the acid rain, an oxygen mask, and were on a very safe floating platform in the upper atmosphere, you could walk around in a t-shirt and be just fine.
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ben7799 1y ago

The Fahrenheit scale is European, not American. It was created in Poland well before the United States broke off from Great Britain. We're just slow to change.

vjvjvjvjghv 1y ago
Maybe there is a reverse psychological angle to make the current US administration go metric. Fahrenheit->Polish->European->Communist/Woke. Can't have that!
- palmotea 1y ago
  > Maybe there is a reverse psychological angle to make the current US administration go metric. Fahrenheit->Polish->European->Communist/Woke. Can't have that! 1. That nonsensical, because the same logic would apply to Celsius temperatures. 2. Americans don't keep using Fahrenheit because of some aversion to Europe. Though I do have some fondness for it as resistance to the machine-people who are always going on about efficiency and trying to hurry everyone up.

BestHackerOnHN 1y ago

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