> 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 talki

> 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.