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john_strinlaiyesterday at 6:40 PM2 repliesview on HN

i know its the nytimes, so we can assume american units, but i find it sort of crazy that even throughout the body of the article it doesnt ever say "fahrenheit".


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bthrnyesterday at 6:43 PM

Common sense suggests that living creatures are likely not boiling when they have a mild fever.

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BugsJustFindMeyesterday at 6:42 PM

It doesn't need to. Any other unit would be either insanely cold or insanely hot.

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