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-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.
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.