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by afiori 1417 days ago
As usual there is a relevant XKCD even if I can't find it now.

In Fahrenheit 0 and 100 are defined in random ways, but it ends up covering most of the range of temperature human experience in the environment.

Celsius's definition does not include putting a thermometer inside an adult horse, but the common range of everyday temperatures is -18 to 50.

There are points of view in which imperial units can claim to be easier to use.

In the end the SI are technically better for sure; US imperial units are defined in terms of SI units, according to Wikipedia the pound is "legally defined as exactly 0.45359237 kilograms", nor it is a coincidence that -40F° = -40C°

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Could it be: https://xkcd.com/1643 ?

I adore Randall.

It is, thanks.

Actually I had found it apparently but convinced myself that it was not the correct one, I deeply misremembered the setting.