Why write 96.8 F when you could write 36 C? Do you honestly believe that we're thinking about temperatures in Fahrenheit and then just converting to Celsius when we write them down?

[–] LukeMedia@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago (3 children)

In fairness to Fahrenheit, you can round it to a whole number with a lesser difference in feel. That's more for feel though, for measurements of temp in cooking or chemistry, Celsius is useful due to boiling point.

[–] theragu40@lemmy.world 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Agreed, though if you are measuring it via instrument then what difference does it make how "round" the number is?

[–] LukeMedia@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I was more thinking of when you're telling your friend what the temperature is outside, or scenarios similar to that. It's not useful in most other applications.

[–] PixelOfLife@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

What difference does it make if the temperature is 79 or 80 F? That's a difference of about half a Celsius, and as a Celsius user, I can tell you that I don't plan my daily life based on a half a degree difference, or even a one degree difference; 5 degree precision is almost always enough.

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