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[–] zik@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

It may astonish you to learn that it's very easy to work in fractional degrees Celsius and it's done commonly.

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Not on my AC unit. I’d love a fractional temp for perfection, but I can’t get it because integers values for Celsius have a noticeably large gap between them.

[–] GlendatheGayWitch@lib.lgbt 1 points 1 year ago

Lol, you have to use fractional measures because each degree is further apart. I thought I had made that point. Sure you won't ever get rid of all fractional measuring in any system, but it's much easier if you don't have to use as much