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-squaremessage-square196fedilinkarrow-up1394arrow-down127
arrow-up1367arrow-down1message-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-square196fedilink
minus-squarePhoenixzlinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down8·8 months agoTry KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, those are metric, KB is not
minus-squareUsername@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down2·8 months agoOther way round: prefixes that contain “bi” are binary, so 1024-based.
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.
minus-squarePhoenixzlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down4·8 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”.
Try KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, those are metric, KB is not
Other way round: prefixes that contain “bi” are binary, so 1024-based.
Somebody needs to make a satire piece on how the “woke mob” is ruining computers because these units of measurement are all bi.
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”.