Comment on Fahrenheit is exactly what is wrong with USA

• GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

  …because we don’t need them.

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  • derf82@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

    You go if you want to be precise as Fahrenheit is without decimals.

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    • GreyEyedGhost@piefed.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago

      Weather forecasts are only accurate to 1 to 2 degrees Fahrenheit, or about 1 degree Celsius. So the only example you’ve given where Fahrenheit is “superior” is one where the accuracy is so low that we just shrug and give a number in the middle of the range. This doesn’t make using Fahrenheit more accurate, this just makes the scale irrelevant and we use a whole number because having a convention where we skip some would be pointless.

      As for being more precise without decimals, I live in a country with half-decent education standards, so decimals and fractions don’t scare me.

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      • derf82@lemmy.world ⁨23⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago

        It isn’t about being “scared” of them, it is about them being used.

        And we don’t just make forecasts, we report actual temperatures.

        But whatever, you just want an air of superiority.

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