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[–] [email protected] 69 points 1 year ago (11 children)

The real answer is that bathroom scales have god awful precision and accuracy.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 1 year ago (2 children)

They are both imprecise AND inaccurate?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

When talking about measurements, "precision" and "accuracy" have slightly different meanings See here

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