News for hackers. Stuff that matters.

A comment on Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data during wildfire. Parent comment

Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by aerotwelve on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @11:28PM (#17816060)
One of my favorite instances of this is non-stick cooking spray. From the can in my kitchen:

Serving size: 1/4 second spray

Servings per container: about 565

Calories: 0

When you can make the serving size small enough, you can say there's no calories!

They actually fixed this with the new labeling requirements the FDA enacted a few years ago, so at least that's one step towards transparency.

[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by CryoLogic on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:05AM (#17816204)
If it's under 5 calories there is a margin of error rule that allows you to label it as zero. So just get the serving size small enough and it's calorie free!
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by hunter2_ on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:43AM (#17816359)
I wonder if I could sell a box of 0.49g sugar packets. Serving size 1 packet. 0g sugar.
[ Parent | on HN ]
Re:Verizon throttled fire department’s “unlimited” data duri... by hexane360 on Wednesday August 22, 2018 @12:39AM (#17816342)
A great video about this kind of manipulation: https://youtu.be/mxNPpte_6m4
[ Parent | on HN ]