BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years 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-square181linkfedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 2 years agomessage-square181linkfedilink
minus-squareelectricprism@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoDec = 10 Cent = 100 Mil = 1000 Using historical, global linear language sounds good to me https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_prefix
minus-squareMachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoMetric uses those for numbers less than 1, a situation that doesn’t arrise in computing. There is nothing less than a bit, whether its set to 1 or 0.
minus-squareBmeBenji@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·2 years agoIf you wanna be American, you gotta start thinking outside the box. A bit has two states, right? So a half-bit has only one state. Half-bits are truly American.
Dec = 10 Cent = 100 Mil = 1000
Using historical, global linear language sounds good to me
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_prefix
Metric uses those for numbers less than 1, a situation that doesn’t arrise in computing. There is nothing less than a bit, whether its set to 1 or 0.
If you wanna be American, you gotta start thinking outside the box. A bit has two states, right? So a half-bit has only one state. Half-bits are truly American.
All hail Analog! ;P