BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor · 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-square195fedilinkarrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square195fedilink
minus-squaredavelAlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up8·edit-28 months 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-up2·8 months agoFractional bits come up in non-deterministic situation, sometimes.
minus-squareBene7rddso@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months agoJust use fractions, like with inches. ⅞
minus-squareCanadaPlus@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up1·8 months 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.