It'd be perfect if we can have a toggle to switch to metric system, like kilometers, meters, celsius for temperature, etc. I find it very hard to follow the numbers expressed in miles
It'd be perfect if we can have a toggle to switch to metric system, like kilometers, meters, celsius for temperature, etc. I find it very hard to follow the numbers expressed in miles
I know it's a dumb trick but it works for me: I use the Fibonacci sequence. 3 miles? 5 km. 8miles? 13km. 33 miles? 55km.
My dumber version: Just multiply by 1.5. It's fine unless you are using a treasure map.
Same here. Usually it's x1.6 but 1.5 is easier to calculate and you add a teeny bit after.
Mine is divide by 3, multiply by 5. Simple and quite accurate.
Ha! That’s nice.
I never realized 1.609 miles/km is close to the golden ratio (1.618)
It is quite clever. My own rule of thumb is "add half of the amount in miles, then 10% of the (original) amount in miles". What's interesting is that it happens to be just as precise as the method shown above (ie. 1.6 v 1.609 v 1.618 )
Hey, this is very smart. The golden ratio... Wow!
Fahrenheit is easy if you just forget trying to translate it to Celsius and just equate it to roughly:
- 0 = freezing
- 50 = mild
- 100 = Very hot (not burning just very hot)
Yeah but Fahrenheit still feels super alien and unintuitive if you haven’t used it much. I have like three or four approximate values that I think I know what they feel like, but most of the time I really have to stop and think.
For casual human use I would say Fahrenheit is one of the more easily defended imperial units since it has more resolution.
In reality hearing its 80 outside where I live could mean beautiful day or sweltering mugginess so it's never been a great indicator for me regardless of unit.
Or when people adjust a thermostat by like 2 degrees. If you changed it and didn't tell me idk if I would even perceive it. Temperature is weird.
The resolution part doesn't really hold for me, celsius can have decimals to have as much precision as you need but for weather purpose, half degree precision is usually more than enough.
"… the US National Weather Service (NWS) uses the Celsius scale internally and when communicating with other scientific agencies, but converts temperatures to Fahrenheit when releasing data to the general public."
Kind-of funny; kind-of sad.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...
What's sad about scientists reporting in units practical for their audience?
Should the label on a cookie say 836,800 J?
We Celsius users use decimals if we need higher resolution.
That's fair. When I put "I would say" followed by "in reality" it means I don't fully support it.
The previous comment said they don't find F that useful since they aren't familiar. I am, and I dont find it that useful for predicting how it actually feels outside. Celsius doesn't change much for me in that situation.
https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/countries...
If you go for a run at 0C with a T-shirt you'll probably be OK. Gloves and ear coverings would be nice.
If you go for a run at 0F in a T-shirt, you won't be running for very long. That's like -18C.
0 = freezing
“Frigid” would perhaps be less confusing “Freezing.”
...except 0°C is literally originally defined as the freezing point of water? "Freezing" seems more on-point to me...
The temperatures given in that comment are very obviously in Fahrenheit...?
oh, OOPS, I didn't look at the GP
In that case, I stand corrected, and 0°F should definitely be "Frigid" nto "Freezing"
(thx for the alert)
I can somehow convert distances in my head, by pace is harder! If someone has a trick to quickly convert between minutes/mile and minutes/km please chime in.
I always use minutes as percentages of hours to convert miles to km, 30min is 0.5 hours so following that 30miles=50km.
Yeah! Please do