I’m not a bot. (Yes, I copy-pasted that response in one more place in this discussion. Still not a bot.) And as for the precision, at this point, for temperatures in the Celsius, that’s basically just a matter of opinion. I figured in the moment that one digit after the decimal point would be good. No, I did not write a long thesis comparing arguments and pros and cons for any of the options. Sorry if the result didn’t meet your exact preferences.
I’ve been soured by seeing too many temperature-conversion-bot posts on reddit, I suppose. I still say it’s wrong to inject fake precision for this kind of thing, though. It’s just silly – again, nobody goes around talking about the weather, saying that it’s 21.3 degrees out or that the forecast is a high of 70.4 degrees. That’s just absurd.
Bad bot. Temperature conversions for conversational threads should not manufacture extra significant figures.
70F is 21C, and if you need more precision than that, it’s not in a Lemmy thread!
I’m not a bot. (Yes, I copy-pasted that response in one more place in this discussion. Still not a bot.) And as for the precision, at this point, for temperatures in the Celsius, that’s basically just a matter of opinion. I figured in the moment that one digit after the decimal point would be good. No, I did not write a long thesis comparing arguments and pros and cons for any of the options. Sorry if the result didn’t meet your exact preferences.
I’ve been soured by seeing too many temperature-conversion-bot posts on reddit, I suppose. I still say it’s wrong to inject fake precision for this kind of thing, though. It’s just silly – again, nobody goes around talking about the weather, saying that it’s 21.3 degrees out or that the forecast is a high of 70.4 degrees. That’s just absurd.
Another one, are you guys scared of fractions or something?
That’s super out of left field. What do fractions have to do with anything here?
Not the one who you reply to, but that was probably in regard to “more degrees = better precision”