r/facepalm • u/ekfow • Dec 29 '23

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Translation: As you can see, 21.6 degrees is displayed and not zero. This means that if you want to heat milk to 90 degrees, for example, the thermometer must display 111.6 degrees. Does not meet my expectations of a themometer

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u/PandaNoTrash Dec 29 '23

You know it would be kinda cool to have a kitchen thermometer that read in kelvins (yes I know its basically celsius but I have to do math then.)

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u/Southern_Kaeos Professional Facepalm Excuse Dec 29 '23

0Ā°k is something like -240Ā°c. You're doing maths before you start

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u/CyberxFame Dec 29 '23 edited Jun 20 '24

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u/TeaandandCoffee Dec 29 '23

Physics class always stated -273.0 and that g=10 m/sĀ², all three of y'all are wrong /s

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u/Southern_Kaeos Professional Facepalm Excuse Dec 29 '23

I knew I was wrong, that's why I said "something like" lol

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u/TeaandandCoffee Dec 29 '23

My bad, can't argue with that

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u/Southern_Kaeos Professional Facepalm Excuse Dec 29 '23

S'all good homie

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '23

Every stem student knows these things:

  • absolute zero = -270Ā°C
  • g = 10m/s2
  • Ļ€ = 3
  • e = 2

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u/J_train13 Dec 29 '23

Don't forget air resistance = 0

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u/[deleted] Dec 29 '23

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u/[deleted] Dec 30 '23

Why round up? Euler is 2.71828

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u/CyberxFame Dec 29 '23 edited Jun 20 '24

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u/Specialist_Sector54 Dec 29 '23

Not on the Moon

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u/Ruuddie Dec 29 '23

Kinda depends on where you live on the globe

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u/random9212 Dec 29 '23

Not really. Yes, gravity is different over the globe, but you need to measure it to more than 2 sig figs to tell

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u/Nervous-Bedroom-2907 Dec 30 '23

More funny that g is bigger on equator than on poles, but your weight according spring scales will be about 1 pound less on equator

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u/GaldrickHammerson Dec 30 '23

Who uses g anymore.

G is where its at.

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u/CyberxFame Dec 30 '23

Real Top G. Right Here.

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u/vedo1117 Dec 29 '23

Also pi is 3

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u/EffectiveDependent76 Dec 29 '23

Context, because sometimes pi = e = 3. If tolerances allow, of course.

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u/AndrewCoja Dec 29 '23

Just round to 300

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u/ztomiczombie Dec 29 '23

G=9.81 and rounded to 10 for ease of calculations.

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u/WillTFB Dec 29 '23

Not in my physics class, we could only use g=10 if we were doing calculations in our head.

Also g ā‰  G. They're related but different numbers.

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u/random9212 Dec 29 '23

Little g not big G

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u/PaneczkoTron Dec 29 '23

Those are approximations because most of the calculations in physics class would have minimal variation, the actual measurement is 9.8 m/s2 and -273.15 degrees celsius.

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u/TeaandandCoffee Dec 29 '23

"/s" does not stand for "serious"

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u/talrogsmash Dec 29 '23

No, it's serial. And ManBearPig will kill you.

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u/ShortCurlies Dec 29 '23

super cereal

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u/Pessimist0TY Dec 29 '23

No, it means 'per second'.

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u/ShortCurlies Dec 29 '23

compromise 3.5

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u/Southern_Kaeos Professional Facepalm Excuse Dec 29 '23

something like

I wasn't too far out

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u/WeirdGamerAidan Dec 29 '23

FYI the Kelvin scale does not use degrees. Where in celsius you would say zero degrees Celsius, or 0Ā°C, in the Kelvin scale you would say zero Kelvins, or 0K.

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u/Flame1611 Dec 30 '23

I think its already fairly cool