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Using MB and MiB is more consistent than using 2 meanings of MB. But it's less consistent than using SI units for everything.
by pseudalopex 6y ago
Using MB and MiB is more consistent than using 2 meanings of MB. But it's less consistent than using SI units for everything.
- dataflow 6y agoIronically, "consistency" is ambiguous here. Using MiB avoids confusion, misuse, and ambiguity. Uniformity (what you're also calling "consistency"), if it's even warranted here, would be far lower priority and could wait.