BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 1 year 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-square181fedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down10
arrow-up13arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square181fedilink
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-21 year agoThose are units of discrete quantity, so couple, dozen, score, gross, grand, etc.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-numerical_words_for_quantities
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoFractional bits come up in non-deterministic situation, sometimes.
minus-squareBene7rddso@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoJust use fractions, like with inches. ⅞
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up0·1 year agoSee, that’s actually the one thing I really like about imperial. Binary subdivisions are good.
Those are units of discrete quantity, so couple, dozen, score, gross, grand, etc.: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Non-numerical_words_for_quantities
Fractional bits come up in non-deterministic situation, sometimes.
Just use fractions, like with inches. ⅞
See, that’s actually the one thing I really like about imperial. Binary subdivisions are good.