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• IamAnonymous@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  There’s no need for that attitude though.

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  • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Fair, my bad! Sorry if it was offensive.

    I just got a little sick of all the Fahrenheit domination around here. This, in turn, is often left without clarification, despite the system being way less popular.

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    • Zip2@feddit.uk ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Metric ton of folks or colonial? Please clarify.

      I agree though, that’s why I like posting conversions from time to time on other posts that are US defaults.

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    • rottingleaf@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Being from Russia, I’m fine with people using the units they are more confident with or used to.

      (Not specifying units may be a bit confusing, but then people here don’t say\write “it’s 20 degrees Celsius” either.)

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      • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Russian-languaged media is not commonly consumed by someone living under imperial/Fahrenheit system, so it’s only natural.

        For English, it might make sense to at least always add Celsius in parentheses, unless it’s highly regional news.

        Also, привет русским леммиводам :D

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• cheddar@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Given that a lot of English language media are either located in the US or target the US market, I’d expect the value to be expressed in Fahrenheit unless stated otherwise.

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  • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Original article is about Asia, and Lemmy is an international platform, so neither applies here

    I don’t mind some actually regional things presented in whatever system they use in there - although I’d much prefer if we’d all go metric already. C’mon!

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    • cheddar@programming.dev ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      The original article is not about Asia, it’s about a technical innovation. Regardless, although we’re on an international platform, it’s easy to see that many topics are US-centered, and many sources too - regardless of the subject.

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      • Allero@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        “Asia&Japan Watch” is right under their name.

        This topic is not centered in the US by any metric. It’s just an example of a Lemmy bias.

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