'Heat strokes are part of the job': In Delhi, construction workers endure 43°C heat (www.lemonde.fr)
from Valuy@lemmy.zip to world@lemmy.world on 20 May 2026 12:14
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bitteroldcoot@piefed.social on 20 May 2026 13:53 next collapse

That is really fucked up…

Oh look, a pretty new shiny tech toy….

All I have to do is ignore where it’s made and who is being harmed by it’s construction.

grimpy@lemmy.myserv.one on 20 May 2026 15:06 collapse

109 degrees F for us Yanks

Janx@piefed.social on 20 May 2026 16:47 collapse

Thank you! I hate that I don’t know what 43° C means. I know it’s not boiling or freezing. But that’s all…

phdepressed@sh.itjust.works on 20 May 2026 18:00 next collapse

Room temperature is 20-25C = 68-77F Normal human body temp (98.6F) is 37C.

So 20s are comfortable to warm 30s are hot to hotter and 40+ is extreme heat.

Flower@sh.itjust.works on 20 May 2026 18:23 next collapse

30F = 0C

50F = 10C

70F = 20C

85F = 30C

100F = 40C

That’s rough but close enough to get a feel what range they’re talking about.

tangible@piefed.social on 21 May 2026 09:42 collapse

Here’s what I do to convert Celsius to Fahrenheit and vice versa. I just remember the following three things.

-40C = -40F; 10C = 50F; for every 5 degrees C, you add 9 degrees F.

So that means that 25C = 77F. and 40C = 104F, and 43C is about 110-ish F.