Krudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agoIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldimagemessage-square256fedilinkarrow-up1838arrow-down1112file-text
arrow-up1726arrow-down1imageIt seems like all packaged foods do this nowlemmy.worldKrudler@lemmy.world to Mildly Infuriating@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square256fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareSocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up48arrow-down1·1 year agoHow do we know your scale is right?
minus-squarejohannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16·1 year agoWhile it’s hard to prove that it’s been done correctly a lot of scales do come with calibration weights.
minus-squarebeefcat@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·edit-21 year agoA lot of cheap kitchen scales are also just crap. Talk to your local drug dealer about what brand of scale might be right for you.
minus-squareCheesus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 year agoYou can also weigh water, 100ml weighs 100 grams
minus-squaredan@upvote.aulinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7arrow-down1·1 year agoBut how do you know that your measurement of 100mL of water is accurate?
minus-squarethomasw@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up25·1 year agoJust use a scale and measure 100g of water
minus-squarejohannesvanderwhales@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 year agoJust weigh it, duh.
minus-squaredylanTheDeveloper@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 year agoDONT FORGET TO SUBTRACT THE WEIGHT OF THE BEAKER
minus-squarehydrospanner@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·1 year agoAlso just as plausible that there’s still some broken noodle crumbs and fragments stuck in the bottom flaps of the box.
minus-squareabracaDavid@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·1 year agoHuh? Well how do we know that any scale at all is right? Pretty sure that every modern scale has a “tare” button that resets the weight and zeroes everything out.
How do we know your scale is right?
While it’s hard to prove that it’s been done correctly a lot of scales do come with calibration weights.
A lot of cheap kitchen scales are also just crap. Talk to your local drug dealer about what brand of scale might be right for you.
You can also weigh water, 100ml weighs 100 grams
But how do you know that your measurement of 100mL of water is accurate?
Just use a scale and measure 100g of water
Just weigh it, duh.
DONT FORGET TO SUBTRACT THE WEIGHT OF THE BEAKER
Also just as plausible that there’s still some broken noodle crumbs and fragments stuck in the bottom flaps of the box.
Huh? Well how do we know that any scale at all is right?
Pretty sure that every modern scale has a “tare” button that resets the weight and zeroes everything out.