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I agree with this. It confirms that most "digital" devices like this (for example, scales) are just introducing greater inaccuracy whilst conveying a false sens

I agree with this. It confirms that most "digital" devices like this (for example, scales) are just introducing greater inaccuracy whilst conveying a false sense of certainty.

theshrike79 6y ago
Counting down to the moment some unicorn SV startup does this, but with WiFi and cloud access =)
- zo1 6y ago
  And a .io domain name ending with "Base". babybase.io?
  - virgilp 6y ago
    4thbase.io seems available....
    - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
      Surely that's for teledildonics?
      - SuperPaintMan 6y ago
        Seems IoST has that niche covered already! https://iostindex.com/ https://iostindex.com/
mjg59 6y ago
> are just introducing greater inaccuracy What makes you say that? This is exactly the sort of scenario where punting interpretation off to a simple algorithm is probably more accurate than leaving it up to untrained humans.
- slightwinder 6y ago
  It might prevent false positive, but it can lead to false negative. See for example https://www.reddit.com/r/TFABLinePorn/comments/4pxghm/conflicting_pregnancy_test_one_positive_faint/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TFABLinePorn/comments/4pxghm/confli...
  - bena 6y ago
    That could happen with any two tests. That second test is really faint. At first I thought "Ok, so they're both negative, so what?" Not to mention, false negatives are far more common than false positives. If you have a false positive, then there's typically some odd health concern with the person.
- runamok 6y ago
  I read a comment in a reddit thread and they said the "pro-tip" was to take a picture of the pregnancy test and up the contrast to be able to better interpret results. So a less wasteful idea would be a companion app to help with that process vs. more electronics in a landfill. (Although obvious privacy implications exist).
dfox 6y ago
As the digital scales go I was in the market for industrial scale almost exactly an year ago. At the first glance the stated accuracy is simply function of ADC resolution and maximal measurable weight. On the second glance it is mostly about market segmentation and certifications, because for all manufacturers I've considered getting order of magnitude better stated accuracy seems to be a matter of software license and different cal certificate (and the SW license seems to only affect the error term reported by the scale, not accuracy of the actual measurement).

I agree with this. It confirms that most "digital" devices like this (for example, scales) are just introducing greater inaccuracy whilst conveying a false sense of certainty.

theshrike79 6y ago

Counting down to the moment some unicorn SV startup does this, but with WiFi and cloud access =)

zo1 6y ago
And a .io domain name ending with "Base". babybase.io?
- virgilp 6y ago
  4thbase.io seems available....
  - yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
    Surely that's for teledildonics?
    - SuperPaintMan 6y ago
      Seems IoST has that niche covered already! https://iostindex.com/ https://iostindex.com/

mjg59 6y ago

> are just introducing greater inaccuracy What makes you say that? This is exactly the sort of scenario where punting interpretation off to a simple algorithm is probably more accurate than leaving it up to untrained humans.

slightwinder 6y ago
It might prevent false positive, but it can lead to false negative. See for example https://www.reddit.com/r/TFABLinePorn/comments/4pxghm/conflicting_pregnancy_test_one_positive_faint/ https://www.reddit.com/r/TFABLinePorn/comments/4pxghm/confli...
- bena 6y ago
  That could happen with any two tests. That second test is really faint. At first I thought "Ok, so they're both negative, so what?" Not to mention, false negatives are far more common than false positives. If you have a false positive, then there's typically some odd health concern with the person.
runamok 6y ago
I read a comment in a reddit thread and they said the "pro-tip" was to take a picture of the pregnancy test and up the contrast to be able to better interpret results. So a less wasteful idea would be a companion app to help with that process vs. more electronics in a landfill. (Although obvious privacy implications exist).

dfox 6y ago

As the digital scales go I was in the market for industrial scale almost exactly an year ago. At the first glance the stated accuracy is simply function of ADC resolution and maximal measurable weight. On the second glance it is mostly about market segmentation and certifications, because for all manufacturers I've considered getting order of magnitude better stated accuracy seems to be a matter of software license and different cal certificate (and the SW license seems to only affect the error term reported by the scale, not accuracy of the actual measurement).