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BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years 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 · 2 years ago
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  • electricprism@lemmy.ml
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    2 years ago

    Dec = 10 Cent = 100 Mil = 1000

    Using historical, global linear language sounds good to me

    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Numeral_prefix

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      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.

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        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.

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          All hail Analog! ;P

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