Feet and inches are really useful for carpentry and any other case where you're doing a lot of both multiplication and addition to the same number because of how composite 12 is and fractions.
We could have the best of both worlds by adopting the metric system, but changing the number system to base 12.
It's elegant in a way if you know it. The 0 to 100 range is like a spectrum between unbearably cold at 0 and unbearably hot at 100. 50 Fahrenheit is exactly 10 Celsius, which is more cold than it is warm, but it's still a decent midpoint. The only real downside for weather reporting is that freezing isn't zero, and I can see why that would seem extremely weird if you're used to a system where 0 is freezing. But everyone here knows that 32 is freezing, no one needs to be reminded what the freezing point is.
Yep, I don't understand how you guys use Fahrenheit, it makes as little sense as using feets, ounces and all that crap.
Feet and inches are really useful for carpentry and any other case where you're doing a lot of both multiplication and addition to the same number because of how composite 12 is and fractions.
We could have the best of both worlds by adopting the metric system, but changing the number system to base 12.
And if we switched to base 12, we could still count on our hands.
Each of the four non-thumb fingers has three segments. That's 12. Use your thumb to mark the number you're on.
It's elegant in a way if you know it. The 0 to 100 range is like a spectrum between unbearably cold at 0 and unbearably hot at 100. 50 Fahrenheit is exactly 10 Celsius, which is more cold than it is warm, but it's still a decent midpoint. The only real downside for weather reporting is that freezing isn't zero, and I can see why that would seem extremely weird if you're used to a system where 0 is freezing. But everyone here knows that 32 is freezing, no one needs to be reminded what the freezing point is.