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SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

Right, Celsius is not even part of the metric system. It is an honorary member of the SI units, but that doesn’t make it metric. It would make little sense to talk about kilo-degrees, or micro-degrees, because degrees Celsius doesn’t relate well to the amount of heat. That’s what Kelvin is for.

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over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Kelvin is still rooted in Celsius, just by an offset of 273.15

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- SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  For that matter, so is Fahrenheit, with the relationship (x + 459.67) × ⁠5/9⁠ K, where x is degrees F.
  
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  - over_clox@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
    Let’s make a new scale, between 0 and 1
    
    Zero is where everything turns solid, One where everything boils and vaporizes…
    
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    SwingingTheLamp@piefed.zip ⁨22⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Finally, a sensible proposal!
    
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