• Septimaeus@infosec.pub
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      In Celsius? You’re cooked!

      Edit: 112 is a common emergency services # in the EU, akin to 911, for any Americans wondering

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        Oh, y’all don’t do 999 like the Brits? (I always thought that was a little too easy to go by accident tbh)

        But yeah 112f so eleventry-seveen Celsius. (44.5 according to a unit converter)

        According to wikipedia, 112 is technically possible but unlikely

        The highest recorded body temperature recorded in a patient who survived hyperthermia is 46.5 °C (115.7 °F

        40/104 is considered a life threatening emergency

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          23 hours ago

          Don’t forget that 999 was chosen in the era of rotary phones - it was (iirc) chosen explicitly because it was hard to dial accidentally.

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          There are a few countries that use 999 in addition, or for specific services like ambulance. (Ireland, Poland, Guernsey, and a few others IIRC.) 112 is just one of the more common.