• alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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    10 days ago

    But really it is much better for human temperatures.

    It's just intuitive, 0F is 100% cold, and 100F is 100% hot.

    When the dry bulb gets above 100F, wind only cools you down by sweat evaporation, and when the wet bulb gets above 100F, even that can't cool you down, and you will die if you don't get to a cooler or drier environment.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      10 days ago

      Being 41% of the way to boiling water sounds pretty hot to me, too.

      • alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml
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        10 days ago

        Yes, it does a better job of impressing that is all of the hot (or cold), and then 10% more than the difference between 38 and 43

        • huf [he/him]
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          10 days ago

          i assure you, we who grew up with celsius absolutely know the dire difference between 38 and 43. 38 is death, 43 is the crimson realms where even souls wither.

          all this "which one is better for x" is nonsense, you develop a feel for whichever you grew up with. it's just that the math is less stupid with metric. that's all.

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      9 days ago

      When I was out in SD recently the temperature was reaching 100F or above frequently and it sucked but it wasn't that bad. Where I live in Cali and it gets that hot by the beach with humidity well into the 70% range sometimes I literally felt like I was about to die just sitting inside with a fan blowing right at me. Humidity is such a huge factor.