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minus-squareJaggedRobotPubes@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoA good genie would instantly invent a metric of “number of degrees in excess of room temperature”
minus-squarenialv7@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agowhat, you never heard of the room temperature room?
minus-squarenot_woody_shaw@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up4·1 year agoIt’s a room made from platinum-iridium, and kept in a triple-locked vault at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France.
minus-squarecartoon meme dog@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3·1 year agounfortunately, opening the door changes the temperature, so in practice instruments are calibrated from copies of the room built at other metrology institutions around the world.
A good genie would instantly invent a metric of “number of degrees in excess of room temperature”
Which room though?
what, you never heard of the room temperature room?
It’s a room made from platinum-iridium, and kept in a triple-locked vault at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France.
unfortunately, opening the door changes the temperature, so in practice instruments are calibrated from copies of the room built at other metrology institutions around the world.