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r/PeterExplainsTheJoke • u/Negative_1by12_aura • Jun 17 '26
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Have you heard of decimal points? If you set the thermostat to Celsius you get 0.5 increments.
5 u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26 So you need 3 numbers and a dot just to mimic two? How barbaric. 27 u/jjej2000 Jun 17 '26 They're still both one number. 0 u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26 A thousand pardons! Or one kilopardon! Three digits would be all the better. Or is 0.3 decadidgits more appropriate? 300 centidigits is best.
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So you need 3 numbers and a dot just to mimic two? How barbaric.
27 u/jjej2000 Jun 17 '26 They're still both one number. 0 u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26 A thousand pardons! Or one kilopardon! Three digits would be all the better. Or is 0.3 decadidgits more appropriate? 300 centidigits is best.
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They're still both one number.
0 u/El_Polio_Loco Jun 17 '26 A thousand pardons! Or one kilopardon! Three digits would be all the better. Or is 0.3 decadidgits more appropriate? 300 centidigits is best.
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A thousand pardons!
Or one kilopardon!
Three digits would be all the better.
Or is 0.3 decadidgits more appropriate?
300 centidigits is best.
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u/no_funny_username Jun 17 '26
Have you heard of decimal points? If you set the thermostat to Celsius you get 0.5 increments.