BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 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-square16fedilinkarrow-up10arrow-down10
arrow-up10arrow-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 · 8 months agomessage-square16fedilink
minus-squaredavel@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·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-up0·8 months agoFractional bits come up in non-deterministic situation, sometimes.
minus-squareBene7rddso@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up0·7 months agoJust use fractions, like with inches. ⅞
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