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gonzalohmyesterday at 10:39 PM2 repliesview on HN

What are you talking about? The same can be said about 59F (15°C) and 60F (15.56°C)

"One fahrenheit increment doesn't feel like anything"

At least Celsius are grounded in reality, should I be worried about ice? Just check if temperature is below 0°C. But hey you may need to check if your solution of water, ice and ammonium chloride is frozen, so I just need to check if below 0F. That's probably something you do often right?


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8noteyesterday at 11:45 PM

theyre both grounded in reality because the represent real temperature conditions.

theyre both just arbitrary degrees though, since 0 isnt actually 0. they both have better alternatives too - Kelvin and Rankin. your criticism about freezing applies to celsius too. freezing is at a certain pressure and temperature, so both the 100 and 0 celsius only sometimes describe boiling and freezing