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Goldilocks (files.catbox.moe)
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reallyreallyreallytrying on Tumblr "everyone knows that space is very cold, and the sun is very very hot. so i assume there's a bit of space kind of near the sun which is just right. balmy space". porcupine-girl replies "Yes, that's. That's where we are."
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[–] 8 points 9 months ago (6 children)

Rather than reader's choice of units, it has to be Kelvin... 0F or 0C is warm in absolute terms.

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  • [–] 5 points 9 months ago (3 children)

    AcKsHuLlY it could also be in rankine

    I'm being pedantic as fuuuuuck because I've never actually seen it used in real life. For those that don't know, it's similar to Kelvin in that 0 is actually absolute zero, but the degree step sizes are the same as fahrenheit

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  • [–] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

    Rankine is used in chemical engineering calcs because a lot of US chemical plants are built in US Customary units and it's a lot easier to calculate in Rankine and keep everything in that system than try to convert back and forth between K and F.

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago (1 child)

    Thanks for the interesting info! I figured it was used somewhere, just hadn't seen it.

    And reminded me of the unit I saw once that I hate the most. Kilofeet... Not kidding. Apparently used in telecommunications as a unit of length for spools of cable, probably for similar reasons of easier math but couldn't fully switch from the US standard.

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