BmeBenji (he/him)@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-squaremessage-square194linkfedilinkarrow-up1395arrow-down127
arrow-up1368arrow-down1message-squareKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?BmeBenji (he/him)@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml · 2 years agomessage-square194linkfedilink
minus-squareMachineFab812linkfedilinkarrow-up1·2 years agoMetric uses those for numbers less than 1, a situation that doesn’t arrise in computing. There is nothing less than a bit, whether its set to 1 or 0.
minus-squareBmeBenji (he/him)@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·2 years agoIf you wanna be American, you gotta start thinking outside the box. A bit has two states, right? So a half-bit has only one state. Half-bits are truly American.
Metric uses those for numbers less than 1, a situation that doesn’t arrise in computing. There is nothing less than a bit, whether its set to 1 or 0.
If you wanna be American, you gotta start thinking outside the box. A bit has two states, right? So a half-bit has only one state. Half-bits are truly American.
All hail Analog! ;P