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It always surprises me when a tech company doesn't use the proper MB GB. It's one thing if they just don't care (screw the pedants, whatever) or don't know (wh
by guraf 3y ago
It always surprises me when a tech company doesn't use the proper MB GB.
It's one thing if they just don't care (screw the pedants, whatever) or don't know (which is scary but whatever), but valueing looks/typeface more than technical details in their technical offering is just bizarre.
- vore 3y agoYou understand it, I understand it, everyone understands it: it's just a purely aesthetic choice.
- pianoben 3y ago> You understand it, I understand it That may be, but... > it's just a purely aesthetic choice. SI metric prefixes[0] are case-sensitive; "mb" is not the same as "Mb". Not that computing has ever been rigorous on this point, but the point stands. [0]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix#List_of_SI_prefixes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metric_prefix#List_of_SI_prefi...
- ethbr0 3y ago>> Like the numbers they combine with, SI units and unit symbols are never shown in italics. That's so absurdly specific. I love it!
- benatkin 3y agoYou can get around that by using text-transform, then you can have the correct one in the DOM and the pretty one on your screen! Is that not what you meant? :D
- stevekrouse 3y agoApologies! I've been in a lowercase mood recently
- benatkin 3y agogo mebibyte or go home :)
- throitallaway 3y agoEspecially since bandwidth is usually measured in bits, and storage in bytes. Units matter!