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https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/ I say this because most regular folks don’t even know what a gigabyte is so asking them to understand what a gibiby
by TaylorAlexander 6y ago
https://xkcd.com/927/ https://xkcd.com/927/
I say this because most regular folks don’t even know what a gigabyte is so asking them to understand what a gibibyte is does not really “solve the problem” of consumer understanding.
- dataflow 6y agoThe xkcd isn't really relevant here, there are only 2 competing standards here and the proposal is to pick the other one.
- arghwhat 6y agoThere were two standards (different prefix definitions) - the kibi/mibi/... line of prefixes was made as a solution. So now there are three standards.