Comment on Power is not energy: why the difference matters [Technology Connections]
Krudler@lemmy.world 5 weeks agoWe live in a world where people demanded (and succeeded) in having the Meteorological Service of Canada to report windchill as “feels like C” instead of, ya know, a measure of actual heat loss in Watts / M^2 / s
KingOfSuede@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You say that like it’s a bad thing? I prefer not to dust off my slide rule everytime I want to know how cold it is out.
Krudler@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
The first time they did the feels like scale… My father’s colleagues were involved. They took a sample of people and put them in wind tunnels and sprayed them with water and said hey how’s it going over there.
I wish more than anything I was joking right now.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Yeah, just give me actual temp and wind speed, and I’ll get a feel for what’s cold by going outside.
xthexder@l.sw0.com 5 weeks ago
Idk, I kind of like knowing how many layers of clothes I need to put on before I leave the house. Especially when the wind chill can make it feel like another -10°C pretty easily.
sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Same. I just look at the temp and wind speed and make an educated guess, erring on the side of more layers.