Showerthoughts

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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The best ones are thoughts that many people can relate to and they find something funny or interesting in regular stuff.

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Despite being metric, Celsius is barely used with a prefix when describing temps high enough to warrant it (lemmy.world)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 54 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Because physics uses Kelvin for high temperatures, and electron volts for really high temperatures.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 8 months ago

And Kelvin for really low temperatures, too. mK used a lot more than MK in many a physics lab...