Sleepless in Silicon Valley

Re:Sleepless in Silicon Valley by kuzimoto on Thursday May 16, 2019 @06:59PM (#19934314)

If you care about your weight relative to others, then it has to be accurate, no? Because how would you compare your weight unless you had a bunch of people using your scale.

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Re:Sleepless in Silicon Valley by rconti on Thursday May 16, 2019 @07:40PM (#19934599)

True, but given that it's more difficult to change your weight than it is to find someone of a different weight, I'd rather live my whole life with a scale that might be reading (say) 5lbs high or low, rather than a scale that fluctuates between 5lbs high or low from measurement to measurement.

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Re:Sleepless in Silicon Valley by pmiller2 on Thursday May 16, 2019 @08:41PM (#19935009)

Sure. Weight relative to 1 lb or 1kg is essentially the definition of “absolute weight.”

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