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He should be happy that (3/2)^12 is so close to 2^7 that it works at all. Just as I'm happy that 2^10 is close enough to 10^3 that the whole kB/KB/kiB issue ra

by FabHK 8y ago

He should be happy that (3/2)^12 is so close to 2^7 that it works at all. Just as I'm happy that 2^10 is close enough to 10^3 that the whole kB/KB/kiB issue rarely matters much.

fhars 8y ago
The name “Evelyn“, the image and the repeated references to the girl scouts may make your use of the pronoun „he“ suspect.
- iagooar 8y ago
  Wasn't there a study that demonstrated that most males would imagine a person always being male first - unless the opposite would be proven?
  - anchpop 8y ago
    I'm not sure, but I (male) definitely do and my girlfriend does the opposite
- Wildgoose 8y ago
  I think the picture of the author (clearly female) is the give-away, but the name "Evelyn" isn't because it is one of those names (e.g. "Lee") that are applied to both men and women.
  - adrianratnapala 8y ago
    Yep. Though admittedly it belongs to the category: names I'd have thought were exclusively women's except I heard of just this one dude. My list is: * Evelyn Waugh * Vivian Richards * Marion Barry
- pfortuny 8y ago
  The only Evelyn that comes to my mind is “Waugh”...
- FabHK 8y ago
  Oops, looks like I was not only careless, but biased there! Sorry.
Stratoscope 8y ago
> I'm happy that 2^10 is close enough to 10^3 that the whole kB/KB/kiB issue rarely matters much. It matters more these days when we're more likely to be talking about 2^30 or 2^40 and the difference multiplies. (It's only 2.4% at a kilobyte, but nearly 10% at a terabyte.) In fact it has gotten quite a few people upset, like this reviewer on Amazon who said Samsung was falsely advertising their "512GB" MicroSD card that really only has 476GB as displayed by the reviewer's operating system: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2Q6PRT955GYE/ https://smile.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2Q6PRT955GYE/ I wrote a reply to the review that explains the difference between the two numbering systems, as 512,000,000,000 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 rounded down to an integer is the 476 that the OS or file utility displayed. I suppose it's a shame that GiB and such never took off, but probably they would be even more confusing. (What does the "i" mean, and which is which?) This may be a no-win situation.
- rplst8 8y ago
  > I suppose it's a shame that GiB and such never took off It sort of did. This is what OSes use to report storage sizes.

by FabHK 8y ago

He should be happy that (3/2)^12 is so close to 2^7 that it works at all. Just as I'm happy that 2^10 is close enough to 10^3 that the whole kB/KB/kiB issue rarely matters much.

fhars 8y ago

The name “Evelyn“, the image and the repeated references to the girl scouts may make your use of the pronoun „he“ suspect.

iagooar 8y ago
Wasn't there a study that demonstrated that most males would imagine a person always being male first - unless the opposite would be proven?
- anchpop 8y ago
  I'm not sure, but I (male) definitely do and my girlfriend does the opposite
Wildgoose 8y ago
I think the picture of the author (clearly female) is the give-away, but the name "Evelyn" isn't because it is one of those names (e.g. "Lee") that are applied to both men and women.
- adrianratnapala 8y ago
  Yep. Though admittedly it belongs to the category: names I'd have thought were exclusively women's except I heard of just this one dude. My list is: * Evelyn Waugh * Vivian Richards * Marion Barry
pfortuny 8y ago
The only Evelyn that comes to my mind is “Waugh”...
FabHK 8y ago
Oops, looks like I was not only careless, but biased there! Sorry.

Stratoscope 8y ago

> I'm happy that 2^10 is close enough to 10^3 that the whole kB/KB/kiB issue rarely matters much. It matters more these days when we're more likely to be talking about 2^30 or 2^40 and the difference multiplies. (It's only 2.4% at a kilobyte, but nearly 10% at a terabyte.) In fact it has gotten quite a few people upset, like this reviewer on Amazon who said Samsung was falsely advertising their "512GB" MicroSD card that really only has 476GB as displayed by the reviewer's operating system: https://smile.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2Q6PRT955GYE/ https://smile.amazon.com/gp/customer-reviews/R2Q6PRT955GYE/ I wrote a reply to the review that explains the difference between the two numbering systems, as 512,000,000,000 / 1024 / 1024 / 1024 rounded down to an integer is the 476 that the OS or file utility displayed. I suppose it's a shame that GiB and such never took off, but probably they would be even more confusing. (What does the "i" mean, and which is which?) This may be a no-win situation.

rplst8 8y ago
> I suppose it's a shame that GiB and such never took off It sort of did. This is what OSes use to report storage sizes.