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At face value, measuring the temperature using Celsius instead of Fahrenheit seems to make a lot of face sense. After all, the freezing point of water is a perfect 0 degrees Celsius — not the inexplicable 32 degrees in Fahrenheit. Also, the boiling point of water in Celsius is right at 100 degrees (Okay, 99.98, but what's a couple hundredths of a degree among friends?) — instead of the awkward 212 degrees Fahrenheit.
Celsius is also part of the much-praised metric system. It seems as though every developed country in the world has adopted the metric system except for the United States, which still clings to tge [sic] older, more traditional measurements. Finally, scientists prefer to use Celsius (when they're not using Kelvin, which is arguably the most awkward unit of measurement for temperature). If it's good enough for scientists, it should be good enough for everybody else, right?
Not necessarily. Fahrenheit may be the best way to measure temperature after all. Why? Because most of us only care about air temperature, not water temperature.
[...] Fahrenheit is also more precise. The ambient temperature on most of the inhabited world ranges from -20 degrees Fahrenheit to 110 degrees Fahrenheit — a 130-degree range. On the Celsius scale, that range is from -28.8 degrees to 43.3 degrees — a 72.1-degree range. This means that you can get a more exact measurement of the air temperature using Fahrenheit because it uses almost twice the scale.
(Score: 5, Insightful) by chromas on Tuesday September 14 2021, @08:10PM (3 children)
A lot of the cul-de-sacs (and short loops) and winding, maze-like roads are planned—they reduce through-traffic in residential hoods.
(Score: 2) by DannyB on Tuesday September 14 2021, @08:30PM (2 children)
Those are a combination of grid streets at a large scale, but in neighborhoods being trapped in a maze of twisty little passages all alike.
Sometimes inadequate planning, with grid streets in neighborhoods eventually results in the installation of speed bumps in the neighborhoods. People who don't live in those neighborhoods think it just fine to drive fast through those grid streets in the neighborhoods. It is enough to make some people daydream they should use their 2nd amendment right on vehicles speeding through their neighborhoods.
Small children are smart enough and eager to follow directions of adults and stay out of the streets. But not stoned teenagers who either don't care, or can't tell how fast that car is coming.
The lower I set my standards the more accomplishments I have.
(Score: 2) by sjames on Tuesday September 14 2021, @10:52PM
The kids are smart enough to stay off the street unless they're riding their bikes. Then a twisty maze with no through traffic is much better for their health and well-being.
Tell the kids they're only allowed to ride in circles in the driveway and don't be surprised when they're plopped in front of the TV that afternoon.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday September 15 2021, @01:58AM
Last time I got lost in a neighborhood like that, I got eaten by a grue.
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I got better.