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klyrs
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Units, dammit!
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kurthr
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If it's either 36C or 36K at night, you've made a bad decision on where to live.
vitiral
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Don't forget Rankine, although you are making equally bad decisions as Kelvin there
kurthr
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TIL about the Rømer and Réaumur temperature scales which are why Rankine is not just °R but °Ra. I guess everyone was doing it back then!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/R%C3%B8mer_scale
huytersd
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Clear F. I don’t see you passively cooling anything to below freezing when it’s 36C outside.
MaxikCZ
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Innsulate it well enough and why not
bigiain
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I agree, but it's simple to guess from context here.
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