alt Hacker News>There's no reason gamblers won't repeat this stunt, until us poor schmucks who just want an accurate temperature reading have to build a fortified compound in order to do so.
The issue here is you'd need a lot more land because any asphalt near a temp sensor is going to give you bad data.
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naikrovek • yesterday at 5:47 PM
What do you think taxiways are made of? Or parking lots?
sixothree • yesterday at 6:35 PM
> The issue here is you'd need a lot more land because any asphalt near a temp sensor is going to give you bad data.
Ah yes. The way to measure temperature in the city is to move the thermometers outside of the city. Makes perfect sense.
Thats just not true. Generally you want to place a sensor 5 feet away from any structure. That's not a lot of land