https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers en a blog about Debian and self-hosting Sun, 08 Feb 2015 20:16:00 +0000 PluXml https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers/#c1423426577-1 https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers/#c1423426577-1 Haha, at least your scale does _something_ even if that's a trivial thing (divide by ten). Mine only changes the display from g to ml! Even more useless... Sun, 08 Feb 2015 20:16:00 +0000 Manuel https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers/#c1422647818-1 https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers/#c1422647818-1 In Sweden we usually uses litre (l) or decilitre (dl, 10^-1), only centilitres (cl 10^-2) in special cases. For weight though it is usually only gramme, or more often used kilogram (10³ gramme) or tonne (metric ton, 10⁶ gramme). But yes, why do "convert" between the weight (or actually mass) of water and its volume? One litre of water with slightly about 0 C temperature was the definition of one kilogram. Fri, 30 Jan 2015 19:56:00 +0000 Anders Jackson https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers/#c1422369529-1 https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers/#c1422369529-1 @stuart : Not just European, but French in the first place! We invented the metric system, after all, even though it was during troubled times. :-) Tue, 27 Jan 2015 14:38:00 +0000 Tanguy https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers/#c1422360714-1 https://tanguy.ortolo.eu/blog/article137/scale-manufacturers/#c1422360714-1 "centilitres"... how quaintly European :) but more seriously, I watch engineering and science university students use their calculators to divide by 10 on a regular basis. Tue, 27 Jan 2015 12:11:00 +0000 stuart