Jia Quan Wee   •   over 6 years ago

"BMI Calculator" project votes might be manipulated.

There are far more superior project compared to BMI Calculator that deserves the "Hacker Choice" spot than the BMI Calculator. I don't understand how it is voted more than the rest of the project when the other project are far more ambitious and unique compared to their ideas. I personally think that the vote was manipulated for this project.

I'm pretty sure I'm not the only one that felt this way, and my reason for it is stated below.
Their project consist of only simple variable management and calculation, hence I don't think they deserve a spot on the list.
Boolean : Sex (M/F) 0/1
Variable : Height, Weight, Age
Formula : weight/(height*height)
Output : Total BMI
If statement : If target "overweight", if over>targetObese show "obese".

This could easily be done under 5 minutes, while being generous about the UI section of it. It all could be done under 3 hour, I do understand that they are beginner but this doesn't change the fact that there are better project than this, hence the reason why I believe it doesn't deserve a spot on the "Hacker Choice" of BCHacks2020.