GNU socialtag:gs.jonkman.ca,2024-03-29:TagTimeline:zeroisnotminimumNotices tagged with zeroisnotminimumUpdates tagged with zeroisnotminimum on Jonkman Microblog!http://gs.jonkman.ca/logo.png2024-03-29T11:55:29-04:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/notetag:gs.jonkman.ca,2021-09-19:noticeId=1081672:objectType=noteNew note by bobjonkmanReminds me of a riddle I heard in high school (around the time Canada switched to metric): If it's 0 Celsius here, and twice as cold in Ottawa, what's the temperature there?<br /><br /> Conflating both the #<span class="tag"><a href="https://gs.jonkman.ca/tag/zeroisnotminimum" rel="tag">ZeroIsNotMinimum</a></span> problem and a negatively worded question about positive values. <br /><br /> Think of "If it's 273 Kelvin here, and twice as cold in Ottawa"... would that be 546 Kelvin in Ottawa, or 136.5 Kelvin?1081672http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2021-09-19T01:23:36+00:002021-09-19T01:23:36+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://gs.jonkman.ca/user/2bobjonkmanComputer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administrator… Volunteer at Radio Waterloo Co-founder of http://kwvoip.ca GnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https://gs.jonkman.ca/BobJonkmanGreenbobjonkmanBob JonkmanComputer Consultant, Instructor, Project Manager, System Administrator… Volunteer at Radio Waterloo Co-founder of http://kwvoip.ca GnuPG Key fingerprint = 04F7 742B 8F54 C40A E115 26C2 B912 89B0 D2CC E5EA Political me is @BobJonkmanGreen https://gs.jonkman.ca/BobJonkmanGreenElmira, Ontario, Canadahomepagehttp://bob.jonkman.ca/blogstruetag:gnusocial.net,2021-09-15:objectType=thread:nonce=d8b86664e1e83ae4