On: Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing

[k9000]

To which some of us older Americans would say, "Which one is the centimeter?" It's so hard for me to think in metric.

[xxs → k9000]

so the question is: what's worse - imperial or 1-based index?

[carlhjerpe → xxs]

Imperial, because of it's vagueness people use other measurements as well. Something is x stories high. Something is a "stones throw away".

Though i do appreciate Fahrenheit for how it scales with humans. 0 is really damn cold, 100 is really damn hot, while in Celcius 0 is kinda chilly and 100 is instant death.

[xxs → carlhjerpe]

>100 is really damn hot,

It's actually supposed to be the body temperature. Due to imprecise measurements, it's actually having a light fever. Flip note: C scales the same - 0 is the water freezing point, and then you have the same scaling as F but in 5s instead of 10s. [and you gotta remember: (f-2pow5)*5/9].

That's an old debate, yet if you are born/used to C, F is pretty horrific.

[carlhjerpe → xxs]

I forgot to mention that I'm Swedish and use C daily, I just think the F scale makes more sense for humans

[fomine3 → carlhjerpe]

100C isn't instant death, see sauna. Maybe you compare 0C air and 100C water so to be fair, 0C water is maybe death within dozen of minutes