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A comment on 2019 redefinition of the SI base units. Parent comment

Re:2019 redefinition of the SI base units by simias on Monday July 01, 2019 @05:16PM (#20329857)
Don't you think that weight (or, pedantically, mass) generally makes more sense for many ingredients? 100g of flour is a well-defined quantity, one cup of flour can vary significantly depending on how tightly packed the flour is.
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Re:2019 redefinition of the SI base units by bobthepanda on Monday July 01, 2019 @06:12PM (#20330251)
The packing is mostly a function of how you yourself put the flour into the cup/how it was handled and stored before I got to my house. In practice there's not much variation of this sort. And you still want to taste and adjust as needed, so I don't think you would really need to-the-gram precision since there are so many factors like humidity that can impact how much of an ingredient you should use anyways.
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Re:2019 redefinition of the SI base units by galaxyLogic on Monday July 01, 2019 @05:32PM (#20329958)
Why not use liters?
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