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[–] kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.world 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Does anyone use rankine outside of university?

[–] the_tab_key@lemmy.world 10 points 4 days ago (2 children)

No. You use Kelvin in everyday life?

[–] applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I'm an engineer so actually yes. I prefer a unit system that doesn't require magic constants to be functional.

[–] eldavi@lemmy.ml 8 points 4 days ago

You should flex in the Celsius people like the metric people enjoy doing to the imperialists. Lol

We used Kelvin for some stuff when I was an intern in a lab