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I spent the whole article translating those temperatures into Centigrade. Kind of broke the flow.

jablan 14y ago
Seriously, has anybody created a decent userscript or browser extension to fight this problem yet? I had no luck searching for one.
- TheCapn 14y ago
  If you're quick at math here's a fairly accurate way: F->C: Subtract 30, divide by 2. C->F: Double it & Add 30. Often known as the "Bob & Doug McKenzie method" from around here it makes for fast conversions since the actual conversion (°F - 32) * 5 / 9 = °C is close enough when dealing in the normal temperature range of weather.
  - hfsktr 14y ago
    That's really interesting and something I will have to remember. My friend is from the UK so when we talk about temps (they don't get the winter we get in my area of the US) I try to convert it. I've been counting along increments of 1.5 in whichever direction from 0 C or 32 F. I probably made it a .5 for mental calculating. Just out of curiosity I tried yours and it even works with minus temperatures, although a bit confusing at first. Yours are exactly the reason I read the comments on posts. edit: to make it a bit clearer
corin_ 14y ago
Edit, ignore the following: Worst was where they switched without even mentioning it. One paragraph they're still using F and said "The lowest recorded core temperature in a surviving adult is 60.8 degrees.", then the very next paragraph, with no talk of changing units, they talked about people dying "though temperatures never fell below freezing and ranged as high as 45". Just because the second story happened in England..?
- Locke1689 14y ago
  That's still 45 degrees Fahrenheit. They were talking about outside temperature, not core temperature. I'm also questioning if you have a sense of either temperature scale. It's quite funny to think that it could reach 45 C in England at all, much less that people would freeze to death in it.
  - corin_ 14y ago
    My bad, of course you're right. And no, not a great sense of temperature scales - in the UK I pay attention when it's down around freezing (in Celsius) and in LA I pay attention when it's hot, 100+ in Fahrenheit. Other than those two occasions I guess I don't really notice or care. Edit: funnily enough, 45C turns out to be the hottest temperature I've personally experienced, the day LA set it's record high in September 2010.
    - pyre 14y ago
      Easiest way to do off-the-cuff conversions: - Celsius scale is based on water freezing at 0C and boiling at 100C. That's 32F and 212F, respectively. - 45C is about halfway between 0C and 100C, so it's about halfway between 32F and 212F. - Normal body temp 98.7F or 36C. - Also -40C == -40F. I looked this up once because I was out on a day that where the wind chill was -40F. I thought that I did something wrong when the conversion came out exactly the same. ;-)
      - mikeash 14y ago
        F = C * 2 + 30 Gets you to within a couple of degrees for commonly experienced temperatures, plenty close enough for most purposes. 45C ~= 120F. The true value is 113F.
- justincormack 14y ago
  No worst was mentioning absolute zero in Fahrenheit...
- UnFleshedOne 14y ago

Seriously, has anybody created a decent userscript or browser extension to fight this problem yet? I had no luck searching for one.

TheCapn 14y ago
If you're quick at math here's a fairly accurate way: F->C: Subtract 30, divide by 2. C->F: Double it & Add 30. Often known as the "Bob & Doug McKenzie method" from around here it makes for fast conversions since the actual conversion (°F - 32) * 5 / 9 = °C is close enough when dealing in the normal temperature range of weather.
- hfsktr 14y ago
  That's really interesting and something I will have to remember. My friend is from the UK so when we talk about temps (they don't get the winter we get in my area of the US) I try to convert it. I've been counting along increments of 1.5 in whichever direction from 0 C or 32 F. I probably made it a .5 for mental calculating. Just out of curiosity I tried yours and it even works with minus temperatures, although a bit confusing at first. Yours are exactly the reason I read the comments on posts. edit: to make it a bit clearer

corin_ 14y ago

Edit, ignore the following: Worst was where they switched without even mentioning it. One paragraph they're still using F and said "The lowest recorded core temperature in a surviving adult is 60.8 degrees.", then the very next paragraph, with no talk of changing units, they talked about people dying "though temperatures never fell below freezing and ranged as high as 45". Just because the second story happened in England..?

Locke1689 14y ago
That's still 45 degrees Fahrenheit. They were talking about outside temperature, not core temperature. I'm also questioning if you have a sense of either temperature scale. It's quite funny to think that it could reach 45 C in England at all, much less that people would freeze to death in it.
- corin_ 14y ago
  My bad, of course you're right. And no, not a great sense of temperature scales - in the UK I pay attention when it's down around freezing (in Celsius) and in LA I pay attention when it's hot, 100+ in Fahrenheit. Other than those two occasions I guess I don't really notice or care. Edit: funnily enough, 45C turns out to be the hottest temperature I've personally experienced, the day LA set it's record high in September 2010.
  - pyre 14y ago
    Easiest way to do off-the-cuff conversions: - Celsius scale is based on water freezing at 0C and boiling at 100C. That's 32F and 212F, respectively. - 45C is about halfway between 0C and 100C, so it's about halfway between 32F and 212F. - Normal body temp 98.7F or 36C. - Also -40C == -40F. I looked this up once because I was out on a day that where the wind chill was -40F. I thought that I did something wrong when the conversion came out exactly the same. ;-)
    - mikeash 14y ago
      F = C * 2 + 30 Gets you to within a couple of degrees for commonly experienced temperatures, plenty close enough for most purposes. 45C ~= 120F. The true value is 113F.
justincormack 14y ago
No worst was mentioning absolute zero in Fahrenheit...
UnFleshedOne 14y ago