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BIG BEAUTIFUL NUMBERS

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[-] Soot@hexbear.net 11 points 20 hours ago* (last edited 20 hours ago)

Who the hell can tell the difference? e.g. A difference from 15 to 16 degrees is borderline imperceptible. And if you really need it, decimal points are right there.

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 9 points 19 hours ago* (last edited 19 hours ago)

Yeah I've never understood that argument. The only time I can feel a single degree difference is if I'm going swimming in winter

[-] Fossifoo@hexbear.net 2 points 15 hours ago

What do you mean, decimal points? Is that like a sixteenth of a degree?

[-] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 0 points 14 hours ago

yeah but it's convenient to have 10-degree differences instead of 5-degree differences for getting dressed. plus i definitely adjust my car thermostat by 2 or 3 degrees. i guess you could do that in celsius too with your weird half-degree thermostats but what a pain in the ass.

[-] BanMeFromPosting@hexbear.net 2 points 14 hours ago

My car just has a red bar and a blue bar that determines how cold the air is. The other thing reads to me like the guy who told me he didn't like football because the numbers were too small.

[-] into_highest_invite@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 14 hours ago

in this case my main gripe is the numbers take up too much space but you're right that as far as thermostats go, it's a minor nitpick. really everything about units of measure is a minor nitpick though.

[-] mrfugu@hexbear.net 0 points 10 hours ago

For sure decimals are a good option I just don’t see weather reported with decimals very often

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