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Watertender, do you want to pick up the tutorial? I'm retired, I'm not supposed to think about this stuff anymore.
Here ya go. Both in an easy to understand picture and approved by Cleaver Brooks.
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Obscure? It's been used and still is used in every textbook that even remotely discusses temperature. Now we could confuse the entire issue by discussing things like Therms and BTU's But if the ° symbol confuses you MMBTu, thm and Quad would take some explaining. And I won't even get into the difference between sensible heat and latent heat.

Watertender, do you want to pick up the tutorial? I'm retired, I'm not supposed to think about this stuff anymore.
Someone said that some people us a "*" in place of a "degree sign" because their keyboard does not have the degree sign. THAT'S THE OBSCURE CHARACHETER, DUMMY. You need to read the entire post.

If you want to talk about MMBTU and latent heat, we should also talk about kinetic energy. But that's not the problem here. It's all about a freaking symbol.
 
Speaking of temperature... I'm still trying to figure out this 'real feel' thing where they say when it is say 30 degrees it really feels like 25. I actually understand the wind chill factor and how it works but this feeling real sounds more like someone on wacky weed.
 
What with the cold snap some folks are having, temperatures have become common lately. But for the life of me I can't figure out why people are using * to indicate degree instead of ° as has been proper for centuries. Can anyone shed any light on this phenomenon?
Oh, you have encountered the dumbing down of America. "wind chill" was obviously way to technical, so now they use the "feels like temperature". I could just vomit.
 
I don't have a clue where the degree symbol is on my keyboard, much less my phone. I usually just peck out the word 'degrees' to avoid controversy and ridicule. :cautious:
Well LOOK at YOU, all those laborious tap, tap, taps of the keyboard of avoidance have finally paid off! ...to a degree... :unsure:😂;)
 
Like I said "Wind Chill" makes sense.... because you will get colder faster .... lose more heat..... with cold air blowing over you than if there is no air movement. But the 'feel' thing is different and I suppose as mentioned it might have to do with humidity... but just not sure.
 
I think the little degree circle is not on many keyboards.
or people don't know where it is. Just doing the best they can with what they got.
What with the cold snap some folks are having, temperatures have become common lately. But for the life of me I can't figure out why people are using * to indicate degree instead of ° as has been proper for centuries. Can anyone shed any light on this phenome
 
I did learn something from all of this. I like to try and learn something new everyday. Thanks!
 
WELL, I found it. Original instructions to find it seemed incomplete to me.
1. At the alpha numeric (keyboard) enter !#1 key in the lower left hand corner.
2. Enter 1/2 key in the lower left hand corner.
3. In the lower left hand corner, right above 2/2 there is the "degree key"!

Will I ever use it? No. Why not? HELL has frozen over!
 
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