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by IgorPartola 2531 days ago
0 in C is useful as the point of freezing. Very useful for determining things like whether rain is likely to turn to ice on roads, etc. I guarantee you that if you grew up using Kelvin, you’d be defending it right now. Spend a year looking at nothing but Celsius and you won’t need to go back: 0 and below is cold, 10 is spring time, 15 is jacket optional, 20-25 is warm, and 25+ is hot. That’s all you really need.
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I'm not "defending" it... I'd be all for a wholesale switch to metric units. I simply said it's "nice" in one specific context.
Ah that’s fair. Sorry I misread that.