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[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 77 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Imagine if some distance measuring system decided their zero was at like 10 feet.

[–] xthexder@l.sw0.com 47 points 2 months ago

Let me just shorten this down 8 feet

welds on an extra 2 feet

[–] NeatNit@discuss.tchncs.de 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If using log scale, 0 is at -∞

[–] stebo02@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 2 months ago

no 0 would be at 1

[–] Empricorn@feddit.nl 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I mean, the temperature can be -1. But nothing measures negative.

[–] pruwybn@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 months ago

Imagine if it did though.