On the other hand I am not sure that most people would be playing the same game for 20+ years - I played CS religiously during my school years, but at some point, even if you keep playing games, you just want something else
Article seems to be spot on - it's good to remind people about it once in a while.
When I was a kid I jumped into a semi-empty pool, where depth was more or less equal to my total height. Bad judgment on my part.
I couldn't swim so all I could do was bouncing of the bottom, gasping for air with each bounce. That was the only thing I could think of doing.
Lifeguard was there but he didn't notice drowning kid, nor did people around me in the pool.
Fortunately my father was more aware, and jumped in, fully clothed, to drag me out. I don't remember if it lasted 30 seconds or 2 minutes but I do remember the scared face of the 'lifeguard' when we were walking past him.
The fact that degree is the same means that energetically 1 degree C is equal to 1K.
So when doing scientific calculations, for example to calculate energy needed to change the temp by X, they are the same.
The fact that the scale is based on water properties seem to be just so values are easier to relate to. We are water based, after all.
Can anyone provide any reason to use Fahrenheit scale, apart from historical ones? Legit question.