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The heat... I mean the cold... well, it’s palpable! (feddit.org)
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[-] dogdeanafternoon@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 weeks ago

I think one is supposed to be radians, not sure why they both have the ° though, cause radians aren’t a degree. Should be just R the way Kelvin is just K.

[-] Bob@feddit.org 9 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

It is clearly the Rankine scale, which is an absolute temperature scale just like Kelvin. Which means that 0 K and 0 °R is exactly the same.

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