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>I do like the nerdiness in the idea of saying "two megs" instead of "two thousand kays" But they are not the same!!oneoneone. Unless you are in the dog food p
by Coincoin 9y ago
>I do like the nerdiness in the idea of saying "two megs" instead of "two thousand kays"
But they are not the same!!oneoneone. Unless you are in the dog food prefixes camp. Are you?
- photojosh 9y ago2 000 km = 2 Mm? You're not thinking of the mebi-, kibi-, etc debacle, are you?
- Coincoin 9y agoYes. I'm old school, 1K is 1024, 1M is 1024K, 64K is 65536 and I refuse to use kimblebits and such. Ah... screw it: https://www.xkcd.com/394/ https://www.xkcd.com/394/
- photojosh 9y agoI'm with you, but it's a non-issue when it comes to non-computer units, which is what we're discussing here.
- microcolonel 9y agoDecimal prefixes are standard prefixes for SI units.