BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 8 months agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-square195fedilinkarrow-up1395
arrow-up1395message-squareKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 8 months agomessage-square195fedilink
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up5·8 months agoTry KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, those are metric, KB is not
minus-squareUsername@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18·8 months agoOther way round: prefixes that contain “bi” are binary, so 1024-based.
minus-squarePhoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoBipolar is 1024 based? Jokes aside, you’re talking nonsense. 1024 based?
minus-squareTheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·8 months agoI think they mean “based off of chunks of 1024”, not “base 1024”.
minus-squareTheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoSomebody needs to make a satire piece on how the “woke mob” is ruining computers because these units of measurement are all bi.
Try KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, those are metric, KB is not
Other way round: prefixes that contain “bi” are binary, so 1024-based.
Bipolar is 1024 based?
Jokes aside, you’re talking nonsense. 1024 based?
I think they mean “based off of chunks of 1024”, not “base 1024”.
Somebody needs to make a satire piece on how the “woke mob” is ruining computers because these units of measurement are all bi.