• ryannathans@aussie.zone
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          9 months ago

          Negative temperatures are hotter than any positive temperatures, think like a laser transfers heat to whatever it hits regardless of the temperature of the object

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            9 months ago

            huh, didn’t know that. thanks :)

            (although in this context, you are saying that you want an object to have temperature x, so i do believe that my interpretation is the more reasonable one)

    • subtext@lemmy.world
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      9 months ago

      If only Rankin didn’t use a ° symbol as well then it would have been technically correct to just say -40°