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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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[–] [email protected] 16 points 4 months ago (1 children)

M$ already fucked that up for everybody calling GiB GB.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 4 months ago

Cut to a younger me looking at HDDs in Walmart, and wondering why the fuck they were using much higher numbers than what the drive actually had. That's when I learned the difference, and started grow my hate for advertising bullshit.