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Who even uses Celsius (programming.dev)
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[โ€“] Virkkunen@kbin.social 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can simply use as many decimals you want to make Celsius more precise. You don't see it used in general because it really isn't needed.

[โ€“] DarkDarkHouse@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 1 year ago

The little digital thermometers I have around the house read to one decimal place. The precision argument is just bizarre.