• Neutrino@lemmy.world
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    Simple way to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit in your head:

    1. Take the Celsius value and double it

    40 * 2 = 80

    1. Subtract 10%

    80 - 8 = 72

    1. Add 32

    72 + 32 = 104

    40 C = 104 F

    This is still hot but a far cry from 118F

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      1 year ago

      I guess the op added it to the title, but on the article the conversion is from 48°C to 118F

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      1 year ago

      yeah, 104 a spring day in bakersfield California. But we have AC and stuff. if they’re not used to those temps they might not be prepared for it

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        We usually do not have AC here (for example in Germany). Not even in hospitals, schools, elderly care, etc. The solution of our government, after many people already died because of heat, is to make shelter rooms somewhere in the city where you can go when it’s getting too hot. That’s how “prepared” we are.

        Also, the majority of people here do not own a home but instead are dependable on their landlord to do something against the heat. Which is obviously not happening. So instead those people who have the money for it start buying free standing AC units. Which need a pipe to hang out of the window and are highly inefficient.

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          Yeah, that’s what I figured. I’d heard that a lot of europe lacks warm weather infrastructure and most homes lack the basic air conditioning that is ubiquitous here in the US. I don’t see a lot of fixes for that.

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            The solution is the for the rich landowners to spend their fucking money and retrofit building with central air.

            The solution is as simple as always: the rich must spend money.

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              I agree but they will just shift the costs onto the renters. That’s how we do gentrification

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              Sure if you never plan to leave the house this is fine. The energy for all those ac have to come from somewhere so let’s burn some more CO2, I’m sure that won’t make it worse.

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          Use an evaporative cooler! All you do is chuck ice in it. Cheaper to run, easier to recycle and arguably more effective for small home/apartment living.

          Source: Australia

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            Thank you! I’ve never heard of these before. Households here usually do not have ice, but I see it also works with cold packs

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              Cold packs are FAR superior, I just can’t fit enough in my freezer while still having room to make ice cubes

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        This is what I do. My full mental list:

        • -11C -> 11F ^^(really 12 but close enough)^^
        • 0C -> 32F
        • 4C -> 40F
        • 16C -> 61F
        • 28C -> 82F
        • 40C -> 104F

        It provides enough buckets to be conversational.

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      I actually appreciate the simple guide on how to convert celsius to freedom units. I guess to convert F to C, we’d do the opposite (subtract 32, add 10%, then halve.)