• HelixDab2@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    It’s easy to convert though. (212-32)/100 = 1.8. So you multiply your temperature in C by 1.8, and then add 32, and you have your temperature in Fahrenheit. So if it’s 30C out, (30*1.8) +32 = 86F.

    It is, admittedly, easier to convert centimeters to inches; that conversion is exactly 2.54cm/in.

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      1 year ago

      2.54cm is easier for me because I do 2.04x + ½x.

      8 inches? 16.32 + 4 = 20.32

      12? 24.48 + 6 = 30.48

      30? 61.20 + 15 = 76.20

      60? 122.40 + 30 = 152.40

      I don’t know why, but I find this easier. Maybe because it’s 4x, 2x, and ½ and my brain doesn’t like adding 32 and working in 1.8.

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      1 year ago

      You don’t need to do a conversion, you can just learn them intuitively. 0 is dangerously cold, 10 is cold, 20 is comfortable, 30 is hot, 40 is dangerously hot.

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        1 year ago

        That’s the joke…?

        I wouldn’t say that 0C is dangerous cold. For me, that’s more like -20C, and -30C is really quite unpleasant.

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            1 year ago

            Whoah there, 20c° is shorts weather, let’s not get carried away. In winter, it’s a comfy setting for the thermostat (speaking from New England). If it were 32c°, I’m sitting inside in air conditioning

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              1 year ago

              20c is pants and jacket time! 32c is the high everyday. It’s just normal and certainly not hot.

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        1 year ago

        30c is the perfect temperature. It’s not hot it’s nice. 40c is fine if you drink water and use shade. It’s like saying 5c is dangerous bc it can kill you if you don’t wear a jacket.

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        1 year ago

        0 is when snow turns to ice, so slipping becomes a thing to be aware of. But more like -5 to -10 degrees since direct sunlight tends to melt it. It’s not really that cold unless you’re sitting naked outside.