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And your typo fix kickstarts 10 workflows, downloading gigabytes of data and running endless tests.
Depending on the size of the project, this may be an environmental concern.
When your PR to replace one line of code actively contributes to climate change.
Using legacy SI units for size of information is deprecated, they only bring confusion, instead use IEC/binary units like GiB (gibibyte). https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix