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People who drive in the winter with their windows down? What's going on? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 2 weeks ago by Picasso@sh.itjust.works to c/asklemmy@sh.itjust.works

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It could be the coldest day in the winter and your window(s) are down like its summer. What's going on? Ya'll ok?

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[–] phanto@lemmy.ca 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Well, where I live, it never really gets that cold. -32 is the lowest it's been all year, so...

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 7 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

-32 F or C?

Though that low they're getting pretty close.

[–] phanto@lemmy.ca -1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

C. Only weirdos use F. I actually have no idea how F works. It's funny, I have a pretty good sense of what an inch and a pound is, I know I'm six feet tall, I run a mile in about 12 minutes... But the only F I know is 98.6° is 37°C.

[–] Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 weeks ago

F is better for human conditions (because it's based on the human condition), C is better if you're doing any kind of sciencey stuff, because base 10.

I can use either one. Same with feet, inches, centimeters, etc, except in construction, because those systems were built around fractional relationships so have hard-embedded measurements and calculations.

And spare me the condescension, Britain only switched to metric starting in 1975, and it wasn't made official until the 1990's. Brits still routinely use Stone for weight, mph for cars (though use kph too).

The only reason Western Europe switched was because WWII destroyed their infrastructure, and since they had to build/rebuild, there was an opportunity to switch more extensively with little pain.

The failure of a planetary probe is a great example of the costs and risks involved in switching. Every business would have to re-tool and re-train. Are you going to pay the trillions that would cost?