We need to get rid of the gigabyte/gibibyte confusion. As a result, 1 GB now equals 1 GiB! Yes, that means that one bit equals 1.073 bibits but at least disk space is unambiguous now! Also, the kilogram is now 1 pound
and to make scientists happy, 0° Fahrenheit is now absolute zero and 100 °F is the boiling point of water.
this post was submitted on 02 Aug 2023
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It feels like users of the imperial system are allergic to unit-prefixes.
and to fraction-free measurements...
Did you know 1/10th is a fraction? It's true!
Meh, id rather write it as 3.2/32
amazing
i don't know how I can incorporate this into my work, but I'm going to
Finally, a unit of data measurement that isn't base ten!
32768 is a nice and round number
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That's a big dk