alt Hacker News >> I have wasted a significant chunk of my life counting out small numbers of parts into bags and posting them to people.
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jstanley • today at 4:32 AM
He's counting out like 6 at a time. He needs a fast way to pick small quantities precisely, not a fast way to check large quantities. Once they're picked they're easily verified by eye.
kamaal • today at 4:09 AM
Until counting machines got ubiquitous, banks in India would count notes/bills by weight as well.
It wasn't very precise but you could move a lot of money in ball park with this method. Atleast internally across branches.
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Yes it's by weight when you need exactly 20k tiny screws in a box. But when you need six that won't save you any time.