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BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year ago

KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?

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KB, 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 · 1 year ago
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  • CanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.org
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    Fractional bits come up in non-deterministic situation, sometimes.

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      Just use fractions, like with inches. ⅞

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        See, that’s actually the one thing I really like about imperial. Binary subdivisions are good.

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