@[email protected] to Programmer [email protected] • 2 months agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-square172fedilinkarrow-up1382arrow-down126
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minus-square@laughterlaughterlink10•2 months agoI know you’re joking, but that first Kb definition makes me grind my teeth! 1.44 floppy disks can store, well, 1.44 MEGAbytes. So how can 1 kg of floppy disks can just store 1 KB?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish20•edit-22 months agoThank you for your compliment. I love it. The floppy disk is 1.44 non-freedom MB, not 0.015264 miles of CD drives.
I know you’re joking, but that first Kb definition makes me grind my teeth!
1.44 floppy disks can store, well, 1.44 MEGAbytes. So how can 1 kg of floppy disks can just store 1 KB?
Thank you for your compliment. I love it. The floppy disk is 1.44 non-freedom MB, not 0.015264 miles of CD drives.
lol