BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 8 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-square185fedilinkarrow-up1391
arrow-up1391message-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 · 8 months agomessage-square185fedilink
minus-squareHatchetHarolinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 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-squareInEnduringGrowStrong@sh.itjust.works@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up2·8 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.