directive0 to Star Trek Social [email protected]English • 4 months agoAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.imagemessage-square146arrow-up1400arrow-down113
arrow-up1387arrow-down1imageAugust 30th 2024. America adopts the metric system. Never forget.directive0 to Star Trek Social [email protected]English • 4 months agomessage-square146
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•edit-24 months ago👋 Having grown up with Fahrenheit there is a difference between 78 degrees (26ish) and 80 (still 26ish) The increased granularity for human ranges actually is noticeable. If you think I’m advocating for Standard over Metric than you’ve wholly misunderstood me. The metric SYSTEM is hands down the better of the two.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish2•4 months ago78 F is 25 C and 80 F is 26 C. Just saying “ish” doesn’t suddenly make them the same. In C they are different numbers.
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Having grown up with Fahrenheit there is a difference between 78 degrees (26ish) and 80 (still 26ish)
The increased granularity for human ranges actually is noticeable.
If you think I’m advocating for Standard over Metric than you’ve wholly misunderstood me.
The metric SYSTEM is hands down the better of the two.
78 F is 25 C and 80 F is 26 C.
Just saying “ish” doesn’t suddenly make them the same. In C they are different numbers.
There is a difference. Does it matter? Eeeeh…