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xkcd #3001: Temperature Scales (xkcd.com)

submitted 3 weeks ago by schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de to c/xkcd@lemmy.world

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In my new scale, °X, 0 is Earths' record lowest surface temperature, 50 is the global average, and 100 is the record highest, with a linear scale between each point and adjustment every year as needed.

https://explainxkcd.com/3001/

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[-] SomeoneSomewhere@lemmy.nz 35 points 3 weeks ago

I am very surprised that Rankine gets such a high cursedness score. Isn't it just the same as Kelvin but based on Fahrenheit instead of Celsius?

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[-] Raptorox@sh.itjust.works 6 points 3 weeks ago

Fahrenheit stacks I guess

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