Comment on Half as Hot

• Bumblefumble@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  0 K is like when there is 0 heat basically, while celsius isn’t. Imagine a unit for distance called “good” where 0 goobs is 100 m and 1 goob is 115 m. In that case the goob unit would behave differently than a meter when you multiply and divide because 0 of the units don’t actually correspond to “nothing” in a physical sense. That’s exactly how the Celsius scale is, with zero being placed somewhere arbitrarily, not at a physical zero.

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  • lightsblinken@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    i feel like i need more goob in my life. do you sell rulers?

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    • Bumblefumble@lemm.ee ⁨4⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Bit of an awkward scale for a ruler, but I can sell you one from -6.6666666… to -6.65 goobs.

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