Re:Tell HN: iOS converts units for highlighted text
by newaccount74 on Thursday April 27, 2023 @02:49AM
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The metric conversions are idiotic. Converting "1 cup" to 5 decimal places is misleading, and offering alternatives in l / cl / ml (with a capital ell??) is useless. The addition of cm^3 is the cherry on top :)
This was clearly designed by someone who has never used the metric system.
A human would convert it to "1/4 liter" or "250ml".
Edit: Actually, a human would convert "1 cup of flour" into "150g flour", since most local recipes use weight instead of volume for solids. Which shows that good localisation is a lot more than just literal translation + unit conversion.
This was clearly designed by someone who has never used the metric system.
A human would convert it to "1/4 liter" or "250ml".
Edit: Actually, a human would convert "1 cup of flour" into "150g flour", since most local recipes use weight instead of volume for solids. Which shows that good localisation is a lot more than just literal translation + unit conversion.