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179 MB if a megabyte is 1024^2 bytes, 188MB if it's 1000^2. Zip files aren't evil, just unzip them and look inside.
by fwip 3y ago
179 MB if a megabyte is 1024^2 bytes, 188MB if it's 1000^2.
Zip files aren't evil, just unzip them and look inside.
- godelski 3y agoI think you're missing the point of my comment. The point of the comment and request is about not requiring technical knowledge and minimizing amount of necessary thinking. The point is about helping stop scammers in the first place! > 179 MB if a megabyte is 1024^2 bytes, 188MB if it's 1000^2. This is not entirely correct though because MB != MiB. Us on HN will probably know this but proper labeling helps prevent mistakes. The improper labeling requires us to think more when considering security, which is bad security (not that you shouldn't think, but I'm saying "don't set off alarms when you don't need to set off alarms")
- dns_snek 3y ago> This is not entirely correct though because MB != MiB. The point the parent was making is that the file is 188026773 bytes long. One site represents that as 179 MB (base 1024) and the other one as 188 MB (base 1000). Your complaint is therefore with one of the websites and not with the uploader.
- godelski 3y ago> Your complaint is therefore with one of the websites and not with the uploader. That particular issue, yes. But that wasn't the main issue. I guess you're right, I could have clarified that I'm aware that the uploader is not in charge of the label and it was naive of me to presume that this was obvious. I should have explicitly stated such rather than let it be implicitly said.