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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? (lemm.ee)
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[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca -5 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Try KiB, MiB, GiB, TiB, those are metric, KB is not

[–] Username@feddit.de 16 points 6 months ago (2 children)

Other way round: prefixes that contain "bi" are binary, so 1024-based.

[–] TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Somebody needs to make a satire piece on how the "woke mob" is ruining computers because these units of measurement are all bi.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca -3 points 6 months ago (1 children)

Bipolar is 1024 based?

Jokes aside, you're talking nonsense. 1024 based?

[–] TheOakTree@lemm.ee 3 points 6 months ago

I think they mean "based off of chunks of 1024", not "base 1024".