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[–] GhostedIC@sh.itjust.works 2 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Rather than reader's choice of units, it has to be Kelvin... 0F or 0C is warm in absolute terms.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 2 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

AcKsHuLlY it could also be in rankine

I'm being pedantic as fuuuuuck because I've never actually seen it used in real life. For those that don't know, it's similar to Kelvin in that 0 is actually absolute zero, but the degree step sizes are the same as fahrenheit

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 2 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Rankine is used in chemical engineering calcs because a lot of US chemical plants are built in US Customary units and it's a lot easier to calculate in Rankine and keep everything in that system than try to convert back and forth between K and F.

[–] piranhaconda@mander.xyz 1 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Thanks for the interesting info! I figured it was used somewhere, just hadn't seen it.

And reminded me of the unit I saw once that I hate the most. Kilofeet... Not kidding. Apparently used in telecommunications as a unit of length for spools of cable, probably for similar reasons of easier math but couldn't fully switch from the US standard.

[–] markovs_gun@lemmy.world 1 points 5 hours ago

Lmao that too. We use kilopounds as well because tons are too easily confused with metric tons

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 2 points 14 hours ago

Sure but all three are colder than body temp