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[–] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 18 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you're going to write a scientific article including a temperature, putting that temperature in Fahrenheit will result in the vast majority of people not reading the article

[–] grandel@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 week ago

Came here to complain about the use of Fahrenheit in a scientific context.

[–] PolandIsAStateOfMind@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 week ago

It's roughly 100 million degrees celsius

[–] ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml 9 points 2 weeks ago

Thank you Genshin Impact for funding this scientific development

[–] B0rax@feddit.org 4 points 1 week ago (3 children)

The article claims 1066 seconds in the text, but 1006 seconds in the title. What is it now?

[–] OminousOrange@lemmy.ca 5 points 1 week ago

I wouldn't worry about it, it's just a minute detail.

[–] Boomkop3@reddthat.com 4 points 1 week ago

Wait a minute...

[–] unwarlikeExtortion@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Maybe those are imperial seconds and the ohers metric?