• @chuckleslord
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    3 hours ago

    Celsius and Fahrenheit are both degrees units, meaning they’re scaled off of some arbitrary temperature. 20°C means 20 Celsius units away from Celsius 0.

    Kelvin isn’t scaled. 0 Kelvin means there’s no temperature energy at all. So there’s no need to couch it in degrees, since it isn’t arbitrary but a defined scale with an absolute zero point.

    • @surewhynotlem
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      53 hours ago

      I always assumed it was like Fish. No change in the plural.

      • Dharma Curious (he/him)
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        23 hours ago

        No change necessary, but fishes is a perfectly acceptable and correct plural of fish, and so much more fun to say!

        • @surewhynotlem
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          43 hours ago

          I’m a big fan of mooses. I think they’re large enough to deserve the extra letters.