I often find myself explaining the same things in real life and online, so I recently started writing technical blog posts.

This one is about why it was a mistake to call 1024 bytes a kilobyte. It’s about a 20min read so thank you very much in advance if you find the time to read it.

Feedback is very much welcome. Thank you.

  • Send_me_nude_girls@feddit.de
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    9 months ago

    This entire “KB” dumpster fire and the imperial system show very clearly that Americans can’t be trusted with choosing sensible units 😉.

    True. It’s already getting ridiculous with Terabyte drives. But interesting it’s a Windows thing, I guess I never paid attention that it’s not an issue under Linux.

    We should call # Doppelkreuz.

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      9 months ago

      If you’re gonna start with German names for that character, it already has a name: Raute.