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[–] neoman4426@fedia.io 32 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Celsius and Fahrenheit agree on -40, but since they're scales that scale at different rates there's bound to be some value where they intersect rather than some meaningful number like Kelvin and Rankine being zeroed to Absolute Zero

[–] WalrusDragonOnABike@lemmy.today 32 points 2 months ago

Same with 574.59°F = 574.59K

[–] msage@programming.dev 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Two lines which are not perpendicular will meet at one point?