BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 7 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-square263fedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down127
arrow-up1368arrow-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 · 7 months agomessage-square263fedilink
minus-squareHatchetHaro@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up2arrow-down1·7 months agoman’s actually taking the piss at OP’s use of “empirical” instead of “imperial” also, i doubt that measurements of data can be imperial or metric; even Bytes themselves are just measurements of 8 bits.
minus-square[email protected]@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoHmmm… There are as many ounces in a cup as there are bits in a byte. Maybe the first byte fit in a cup.
man’s actually taking the piss at OP’s use of “empirical” instead of “imperial”
also, i doubt that measurements of data can be imperial or metric; even Bytes themselves are just measurements of 8 bits.
Hmmm… There are as many ounces in a cup as there are bits in a byte.
Maybe the first byte fit in a cup.