[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

As I understand it, yes it was a saturated solution.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

You're totally correct that Celsius is the more sensible scale with easier to replicate reference points (when using water). It was also invented almost 30 years after the Fahrenheit scale and with all the insights gained from that period of technological advancement. In fact in the modern day the Celsius degree size is defined in reference to the Boltzmann constant since Celsius is essentially the Kelvin scale with the numbers moved around.

It also used 100 as the freezing point of water and 0 as the boiling point when originally proposed, which changed after Anders Celsius died because everyone knew that was a weird way to do it.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

It makes no sense because that's not what the 0 of the Fahrenheit scale is. The 0 point is the coldest an ammonium chloride brine mixture can be cooled to. The 90 point was an estimated average for human body temperature (it was adjusted up over time). These were chosen because the goal of the scale was to provide a way for people to have a defined temperature scale with a range and degree size that could be reliably reproduced without passing around standardized tools. 100 is really hot because human bodies were used as a reference for the high end, but the low end has nothing to do with the human body.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 5 points 4 months ago

It's a two pack, so $5 per cap. Slightly less ridiculous for a niche tool.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 17 points 4 months ago

There is a world of difference between taking issue with someone making a poorly received argument and a government deciding that making that argument is inherently illegal.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago

Ah dang, I forgot it was still needed during signup.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 8 points 5 months ago

Signal can do messaging and calling over wifi and can be set up with just a username.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago

This same fungal infection causes the males to have sex until their butts fall off, so I'm pretty sure some humans would seek it out.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 3 points 7 months ago

You just have a bad trackball. My Kensington Expert glides smooth.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 18 points 8 months ago

Do you go to restaurants and complain there is food there? This is a place for linux memes.

[-] phobiac@lemmy.world 66 points 8 months ago

The health benefits are overblown and the evidence is largely from flawed studies. While not as debilitating as clitoris circumcision, it's still genital mutilation and it's regularly done in the US for no good reason beyond cultural pressure.

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