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[–] [email protected] 50 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (3 children)

Fyi: this is -30,5°C for the rest of the world or 242,59K for the scientists.

[–] [email protected] 31 points 10 months ago (1 children)

-40 is the same in C and F... I know this because I grew up in Wyoming. I've seen -40.

At that temp, you can do this neat little trick where you take a pot of steaming water (not boiling, that's a safety issue) and throw it into the air.

It will be snow before it hits the ground.

Again, don't use boiling water, and don't even try it if the temps are above -10 F. Don't throw the water into the wind, that will just splash it back onto you, and if you ignored the "don't boil" instruction, you'll be splattered with boiling water.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Instructions unclear. Dick stuck in pot. Pls hlpelp.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago

You're going to need uncooked ramen, some glue, and sandpaper...

[–] [email protected] 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

One you're below -20. It doesn't really matter which scale you use, it's all really cold.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Well, it matters if you're using kelvin...

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

If you negative Kelvin it doesn't really matter either.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 10 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

That article is a good reminder that my intuition about what temperature is doesn't particularly correspond to reality.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Oh, that's actually really cold

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago