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China’s ‘artificial sun’ sets nuclear fusion record, runs 1,006 seconds at 180 million°F
(charmingscience.com)
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farhenheit makes way more sense than the other imperial measurements imo
how so?
arbitrarily setting the freezing point of water to 32 and the boiling point to 212 and then filling in the rest from there isn't what I'd call "making sense"
I guess they're 180 apart but why 32, why not 0 and 180?
the freezing point was set to the freezing point of brine, not water. doesnt make a lot of sense, but it makes more sense than inches -> feet -> yard -> mile (not to mention league etc.) what the fuck is an inch? who fucking knows, maybe the distance between your knuckles on one of your fingers??? the point is not that farenheit is good, but that the rest of the imperial measurements are even worse
yeah, I mean some eutectic brine of ice, water, and camel piss salt seems pretty scienticious to me
if anything, three barleycorns laid end to end might be more sensible lol