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submitted 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) by NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org to c/science_memes@mander.xyz
 
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[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 94 points 2 months ago (5 children)

45 degrees in Fahrenheit is above freezing point tho.

[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 43 points 2 months ago

I slightly like to exaggerate, a lot....

[–] Agent641@lemmy.world 23 points 2 months ago (3 children)

45 degrees C is an average summer day here.

[–] Grandwolf319@sh.itjust.works 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Yeah I was tempted to comment on that too, 45 degrees in dry heat and under shade isn’t too bad.

[–] thejml@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 months ago

Even better with a frozen margarita.

[–] Aganim@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago

Try the Dutch climate. Here everything above 28 degrees C is, in my opinion, unbearable.

[–] sem@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

No way that sounds very hot.

[–] Lumidaub@feddit.org 9 points 2 months ago

And I would've failed maths (even more than I did) if I'd called that wonky thing Michael's doing an "angle", let alone 45°, nothing is perfect in life.

[–] Quill7513@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 months ago

yeah that's running in shorts weather 😂

[–] InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 4 points 2 months ago (1 children)

That's when we bring the horses inside the house and pull out the first winter brisket.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Horse goes in. Brisket comes out.
....
....
Horse comes back out clacking metal tongs together, shouting, "yeah, well that dumb cow was an asshole!"

[–] TexasDrunk@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

My friend!!!

And you already know.

[–] fartographer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Ho-la friend-o! <3

[–] BananaPeal@sh.itjust.works 23 points 2 months ago (1 children)

45 degrees in cartography: 45th parallel

[–] Obi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago

I literally crossed it today, albeit on another continent than the one pictured here.

[–] blackbrook@mander.xyz 17 points 2 months ago

45 degrees in time is about 1:08

[–] JackbyDev@programming.dev 15 points 2 months ago

45° in Kelvin: ☝️🤓 Actually it's not degrees Kelvin, just Kelvin

[–] neidu3@sh.itjust.works 10 points 2 months ago

45 degrees in Czech Republic: Probably the strongest beer you've ever tasted.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 2 months ago (2 children)

That's pretty high for grapes.

[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 6 points 2 months ago (1 children)

70 to 80 is the usual lower range.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

I guess I was using a different scale when I worked at the winery. Never saw anything above 20.

[–] Takapapatapaka@tarte.nuage-libre.fr 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Did you talk about the alcohol volume, or the Oechsle scale ? I was thinking the same as you in terms of numbers, but someone corrected me. Fun to learn about it on Fediverse rather than in the vineyards, but i'll be sleeping less dumb anyway !

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

After googling a little I learned that the scale we used is called Brix. One of my tasks in the winery was to take samples of grape juice and register the sugar content using a refractometer similar to the one on the picture.

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

Oechsle is sugar content. 80 is average for the less sweet breeds. 45° is... maybe water melon.

[–] quediuspayu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago

I thought it was Brix, in retrospect, 45° brix is absurdly high for any fruit juice.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago (1 children)

45 in celsius is just beach time not fire

[–] ZombieMantis@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago

And 45 in Fahrenheit is just cool, light jacket weather.

[–] abbiistabbii@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 2 months ago

45°F is 7.2°C. That's 4°C higher than the temperature this evening.

[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (2 children)
[–] JASN_DE@feddit.org 22 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Kelvin does not use the degree sign. Its simply "x Kelvin".

[–] folekaule@lemmy.world 18 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Because Kelvin is an absolute unit

[–] DrBob@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago
[–] slazer2au@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago
[–] Venat0r@lemmy.world 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Before 1967, the unit was called "degrees Kelvin" and was written as "°K", so you still might see "°K" in old publications or text written by people who never heard of the newer convention.

[–] ShellMonkey@piefed.socdojo.com 6 points 2 months ago

Tried, but things got so slow the picture hasn't made it here yet.

[–] Zwiebel@feddit.org 3 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)
[–] NichEherVielleicht@feddit.org 2 points 2 months ago

Just got it...