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Re:TSMC sees chip shortage lasting into 2022 by Syonyk on Thursday April 15, 2021 @03:22PM (#26825003)
A proper scale can detect all sorts of weak effort fraud.

Years back, I talked to someone who had done some analysis on some of the "fake silver/gold" bars floating around places (I think they were common on Silk Road for a while?). Apparently some of the people faking metal bars didn't actually bother learning what a "Troy Ounce" was.

There was a "10 oz" bar that was 10 ounces - 283.5 grams. Except, in metals, "oz" means Troy Ounce - so it should have been 311 grams. You could literally feel that it was light if you were used to dealing with metals.

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Re:TSMC sees chip shortage lasting into 2022 by dan-robertson on Thursday April 15, 2021 @04:29PM (#26825723)
I suspect it wasn’t really trying to defraud people who know what a Troy Ounce is. I’d find it believable if people thought fake bars at 311g were frauds for not weighing 10oz.
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