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1. john_strinlai · 1789670451 · focus · HN ↗

   i know its the nytimes, so we can assume american units, but i find it sort of crazy that even throughout the body of the article it doesnt ever say "fahrenheit".

   1. bthrn · 1789670614 · focus · HN ↗

      Common sense suggests that living creatures are likely not boiling when they have a mild fever.

      1. vojtapol · 1789671027 · focus · HN ↗

         Common sense would be using metric units in science-related article.

         1. petcat · 1789671337 · focus · HN ↗

            Americans don't use Celsius when talking about their body temperatures, and that's who the audience is.

            1. StilesCrisis · 1789672991 · focus · HN ↗

               Americans don't use Celsius for anything except scientists talking with other scientists.

               1. d_sem · 1789680879 · focus · HN ↗

                  that hasn't been my experience. Its widely used in engineering and has been for decades.

                  1. wyre · 1789682568 · focus · HN ↗

                     Ya, I think engineering falls under the umbrella of “scientists talking to other scientists”
               2. ericpruitt · 1789680944 · focus · HN ↗

                  A lot of monitoring software defaults to displaying hardware temperatures in Celsius regardless of the locale, and I've gotten so accustomed to knowing what a reasonable temperature is for different components that I personally never change the display units.
         2. SoftTalker · 1789671403 · focus · HN ↗

            It's a US-based newspaper written for the general public. Common sense would say it's using US units.

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