@BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 3 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-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 • 3 months agomessage-square195fedilink
minus-square@phoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilink-5•3 months agoTry KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, those are metric, KB is not
minus-square@Username@feddit.delinkfedilink16•3 months agoOther way round: prefixes that contain “bi” are binary, so 1024-based.
minus-square@TheGalacticVoid@lemm.eelinkfedilink1•3 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-square@phoenixz@lemmy.calinkfedilink-3•3 months agoBipolar is 1024 based? Jokes aside, you’re talking nonsense. 1024 based?
minus-square@TheOakTree@lemm.eelinkfedilink3•3 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”.