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chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨1⁩ ⁨month⁩ ago

I’ve definitely counted paper the same way. Basically needed to sort short pieces of paper by the thousands. We weighed something like 20-25 sheets then used that weight as a measurement.

If you need a perfect count, then you’re correct about the accuracy, but generally a few off here and there isn’t that big a deal. Many companies will allow for some error because it isn’t worth the time to track it down to perfection. This applies even to food standards: the FDA allows up to 60 insect parts per 100g of chocolate (coffee, the cutoff is “Average 10% or more by count are insect-infested or insect-damaged”). They also allow mold up to a certain %. 4% for coffee, and I’m seeing some say 10% for certain fruits. You can see lists here: www.fda.gov/food/…/food-defect-levels-handbook

Perfection is expensive, cheat a little. Your boss may have been annoying, but in general he’s more correct than you were.

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