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idk which is worse, kilograms or Celsius. both are based on arbitrary constants. probably kilograms tho cause the reference value is known to be incorrect but they continue to use it
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muckswirler posted:I don't care but here's one. 0-100 degrees is about the tolerable range of human comfort. 0 degrees F is "comfortable"?
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Mar 9, 2018 16:43
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with proper clothing sure, but its more that its the lower limit of what most humans experience same as 100 being the upper limit
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Mar 9, 2018 16:44
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it's more that places where the temperature regularly departs from that range are places humans should probably not live
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Mar 9, 2018 16:46
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Shaggar posted:idk which is worse, kilograms or Celsius. both are based on arbitrary constants. probably kilograms tho cause the reference value is known to be incorrect but they continue to use it naw everything else in the world is just fluctuating while the reference stays perfectly still anyway it's getting redefined this year based on the watt balance, and they're also apparently redefining the mol and ruining avocado's number 
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Mar 9, 2018 16:47
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Shaggar posted:with proper clothing sure, but its more that its the lower limit of what most humans experience same as 100 being the upper limit so 0 degrees is comfortable with proper clothing, but -5 would not be?
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Mar 9, 2018 16:48
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Shaggar posted:with proper clothing sure, but its more that its the lower limit of what most humans experience same as 100 being the upper limit uuuuuuuh wrong it gets to -40 here
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Mar 9, 2018 16:49
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FrozenVent posted:uuuuuuuh lay off, he only knows what maine is like
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Mar 9, 2018 16:51
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Wheany posted:so 0 degrees is comfortable with proper clothing, but -5 would not be? back in rochester 0 was the point where it went from "unpleasantly cold" to "my face starts to burn" so yes
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Mar 9, 2018 16:52
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because i'd say the comfortable lower limit is around -5 to -10 C (23 to 14 F). lower than that and it starts getting into the "too cold" for me. almost like it's arbitrary.
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Mar 9, 2018 16:52
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if you guys were given the power to instantly annihilate any one social media website - facebook, twitter, w/e - which one would you choose?
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Mar 9, 2018 16:54
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it doesn't help that thermostats can reckon temperatures very different from the ones you're feeling in the space, so comparing my comfortable 22-degree house to the oven yours would be is a bit silly redefining units of measurement in terms of universal constants is great but only if the others follow suit; like, i think it's okay for kg of water to be 1000 cm3 at STP because not everyone has the means to measure h to a thousand decimal places but just about everyone's got a bucket
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Mar 9, 2018 16:55
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Wheany posted:because i'd say the comfortable lower limit is around -5 to -10 C (23 to 14 F). lower than that and it starts getting into the "too cold" for me. celsius? yes
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Mar 9, 2018 16:55
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:if you guys were given the power to instantly annihilate any one social media website - facebook, twitter, w/e - which one would you choose? facebook. that way the run of the mill maga chud is completely isolated
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Mar 9, 2018 16:56
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points/picas are legitimately useful for doing layouts since most grid systems are multiples of 3 or 4 so it's easier to divide space using whole numbers and points are a good base unit because a mm is too large an 0.1mm is too small
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Mar 9, 2018 16:56
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:if you guys were given the power to instantly annihilate any one social media website - facebook, twitter, w/e - which one would you choose? The something awful forums
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Farmer Crack-rear end posted:if you guys were given the power to instantly annihilate any one social media website - facebook, twitter, w/e - which one would you choose? im gonna have to go with facebook, i think. its such an absolute cesspool of boomer poison. on the other hand, if it provided some kind of containment function, then it might be a good thing, but i dont think it dies that.
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Mar 9, 2018 16:57
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Shaggar posted:Celsius... based on arbitrary constants. the deranged mind of an american
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Mar 9, 2018 17:00
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reddit, it's worse than facebook at letting bad communities fester
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Mar 9, 2018 17:00
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flakeloaf posted:all systems of measurement are arbitrary and the ones people learned as children are the ones they're more likely to prefer the problem with customary units is that they were mostly not systemic. only the u.s. and u.k. ever standardized their customary systems, fixing unit sizes and the relationship among units. other countries had dozens of different customary units that varied town to town and marketplace to marketplace. a libra in seville was not the same as a libra in madrid, and neither matched up precisely to a libra in barcelona. metric spread through europe one business or one marketplace at a time. the standardization of the thing was intrinsically appealing. a kilo is a kilo is a kilo. in the u.s. there was no appeal to picking up the french system: new york, chicago, and los angeles were all interoperating just fine with identical, standardized feet, pounds, and gallons. likewise, the u.k. had little interest in adopting the metric system until their trade links with europe became more vital than their trade links with imperial possessions
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Mar 9, 2018 17:01
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flakeloaf posted:it doesn't help that thermostats can reckon temperatures very different from the ones you're feeling in the space, so comparing my comfortable 22-degree house to the oven yours would be is a bit silly what kind of water though? cause density is a thing
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Mar 9, 2018 17:01
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haveblue posted:reddit, it's worse than facebook at letting bad communities fester ooh. yeah. i wanna change my answer to this.
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Mar 9, 2018 17:04
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FrozenVent posted:uuuuuuuh extreme outliers exist, but 0 is still a better lower average limit. Its based on a brine and ice solution which is good because the water in our own bodies is salty.
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Mar 9, 2018 17:04
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FrozenVent posted:what kind of water though? cause density is a thing one hydrogen atom and two oxygen-16 atoms, which is the kind of water you probably don't have access to if your scientific equipment includes buckets
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Mar 9, 2018 17:05
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Tokamak posted:the deranged mind of an american what constants is it based on?
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Shaggar posted:what constants is it based on? Tokamak posted:the deranged mind of an american
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Mar 9, 2018 17:08
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flakeloaf posted:one hydrogen atom and two oxygen-16 atoms, which is the kind of water you probably don't have access to if your scientific equipment includes buckets i thought it was based on vienna standard mean ocean water, so an isotopic mixture based on collecting water from several points around the globe presumably in your bucket
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Mar 9, 2018 17:11
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i mean this is basically a bucket right
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Mar 9, 2018 17:13
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metric users know its arbitrary but they cant admit how wrong they are and how badly they want to use US customary.
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Mar 9, 2018 17:14
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FrozenVent posted:the only reason people think imperial units are good is because they grew up with it and are used to it circumcision is good also same thing with tipping. tippnig is dumb and planes, why is it so easy to takeoff on a treadmill
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Mar 9, 2018 17:14
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seawater is ~1025 grams per liter
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qirex posted:seawater is ~1025 grams per liter yeah loading ships involves taking samples of seawater and testing them for density a lot because when youre dealing with 50k tons it rained yesterday makes a difference
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Mar 9, 2018 17:16
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Cat Face Joe posted:celsius? yes yes, the temperature at which a person feels comfortable is arbitrary in celsius... and also in fahrenheit, because it's arbitrary.
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Mar 9, 2018 17:17
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Shaggar posted:metric users know its arbitrary but they cant admit how wrong they are and how badly they want to use US customary. americans: desperately defending barbaric customs long after the rest of the world has moved on
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Mar 9, 2018 17:24
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FrozenVent posted:yeah hm, i'd never stopped to think about that
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infernal machines posted:americans: desperately defending barbaric customs long after the rest of the world has moved on you cant even tell me what your units are based on. its embarrassing.
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Mar 9, 2018 17:25
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Metric units are all based on cesium, the classiest of all atoms
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Mar 9, 2018 17:26
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Xaris posted:circumcision is good you god drat maniac.......
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Mar 9, 2018 17:26
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three nations on earth use this system of measurement, coincidentally, they all have sub-standard literacy rates and 3rd world living conditions
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Shaggar posted:you cant even tell me what your units are based on. its embarrassing. dont blame us if your american education was lacking, just look it up online yourself
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