So measured at a specific location, under very precise conditions, but also time delayed, from a different weather station, averaged over a different period with any number of variations.
This app is very popular with people, it’s where a lot of Apple users get their information. I guess it doesn’t bother you people giving out information that is this wrong.
It bothers me.
I’m aware the phone does not have a thermometer. It doesn’t seem strange to you that it’s underreporting by that much?
If that’s true, why is it different across so many platforms? France Météo is 29°, BBC Weather is 30°?
France Météo is reporting 29°. I guess I should have said that.
I’m fairly sure they try to model weather as the France Météo service reported 29°, and it changed by 5° as I got closer to the coast.
The Kestral 2000 measures air temperature. I measured it in both, but took the photo in the sun.
A Kestral 2000 is a live thermometer. Doesn’t it seem weird that Apple is off by this much.
Yes, but undereporting by 10° is a lot.
As someone saw the first 25 minutes of the film, I can say … I hate nepotism.
I’m nothing if not a moviegoer. Most people Die Hard and Christmas Story. Me? Brazil and Tango & Cash (also released Xmas day). So definitely wrong associations …
Seeing a special screening of Brazil in 1984, when no one was sure it was even going to get released.
I was driving home from the East Coast, saw the ad for the screening in LA (way pre-internet). Now, I could have continued home and seen my family or … who am I kidding? My family was terrible!
I said my car broke down and couldn’t find a mechanic because … it was Christmas! Maybe that’s not what you’re looking for, but definitely my favourite.
I think of so many days of visiting regrets, but I do take your point.
Definitely true. It’s what the story got appropriated as that rubs me the wrong way.
I like the idea, however improbable, of the redeemable miser reformed by seeing the regrets of his past, and only a monster doesn’t cry at seeing the Muppet Christmas Carol, or better still, Scrooged.
But.
Why Christmas? Could be any day, why Christmas? I think it’s to innoculate us against legitimate criticism what a shitty and stressful and endless presents you don’t need time it is. Because if you don’t participate, you’re a scrooge or a grinch. Terms they don’t use against people who are actual Scrooges year round.
I say, someone needs to make a film about someone being visited by the Ghost of Christmas Past (playing with the dogs in the snow and that’s a perfect Christmas), Ghost of Christmas Present (stress buying), and Ghost of Christmas Future (no planet).
But that just makes me … something, I dunno. Maybe someone will have a term for it.
Um, I spelled it that way not to ruin the bit. Definitely not because I had no idea that was the correct spelling. It was to maintain the integrity of the bit!
Honestly, thanks, I’ll look into that. I think though this is more what’s available on the auto-routes, but I never heard of this one.
There’s a few companies that have ‘universal’ cards (that work in about half the stations), but they charge around €1 just to plug in, and because I have a PHEV, it pretty much makes it cheaper to use gas. Which I really try to avoid.
I would love to hear more about this. I’ve tried so many times.
Sadly, metal hot make food hot is not the only factor. It’s also the speed and responsiveness of the pan. If you have the money, look into 3-ply pans, stainless bottom (for induction, but works with everything), aluminum interior (for eveness of heat throughout the pan) and stainless interior/cooking surface. I’ve had some of my pans for 40 years and they look brand new. They’re just as easy to clean as non-stick, if you use wooden utensils for a quick scrape before cleaning. All-clad is probably the best brand, I bought some recently, and they are just as good as the old ones I have, very rare these days. They can be found on eBay and craigslist used, and the used are just as good (have a few of those as well).
I love my cast iron pans, especially for searing and tortillas, but for sauces and risottos, 3-ply is a great option. It’s really about the responsiveness.
Last thing, ceramisised cast-iron (like Le Creuset) is terrific for deep frying.
I’m genuinely surprised by the negative reaction to this post, so I’m going to try to explain why I made it.
I’m aware of microclimates, and changes in local temperature, and shade and sun and so on. I took the temperature in the shade just now, away from structures, in the garden, and it was 33°. I should have done that initially, but this was not meant to be about my being crazy. This was meant to be about the future of how we can expect temperatures to be measured and then delivered to the public.
Recently, we have had a heatwave in the EU, the 'heat dome’. You probably heard that before. Once rare, now rather common, it inverts the traditional climate where the coast is temperate and the inland is warmer.
If we are using models that ignore these new conditions, there is a risk of under-reporting actual temperatures and not taking the very serious climate emergency more seriously. The use of AI, and its documented nature of trying to please the user, concerns me in the face of gathering data for any government body trying to accurately document what is happening.
I’m sorry if I seemed crazy. I’m just concerned.