Kevin FoxMar 10, 2024
Now I understand why it’s mHz and kWh!
Show threadschlaepsMar 10, 2024
@kfury And of course MB is so capitalized for the late Dr. Megan Bytes.
Show threadKo Simon toku ingoa 

@schlaeps @kfury I know it is a joke but “B” for “byte” is to distinguish from “b” for “bit.”

Addendum: unlike most things that are counted with metric prefixes, there are 8 bits in a byte, and 1024 bytes in a kilobyte, 1024 megabytes in a gigabyte etc.

Mar 10, 2024 at 10:26pmWeb
Show threadDarrin WestMar 10, 2024
@SimonCHulse @schlaeps @kfury They are trying to change these to KiB, MiB…https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Binary_prefix
Binary prefix - Wikipedia

Show threadKo Simon toku ingoa Mar 10, 2024
@obviousdwest @SimonCHulse @schlaeps @kfury I suspect they’re too ingrained in general consciousness to change them now.
Show threadPhil Tanner Mar 10, 2024

@SimonCHulse @obviousdwest @schlaeps @kfury yeah... Have you asked Google, or DuckDuckGo how many megabytes are in a gigabyte recently?

It's one of those pub quiz answers I've had blazing rows with the quiz master about 😂

Show threadKo Simon toku ingoa Mar 11, 2024
@Phil_Tanner @SimonCHulse @obviousdwest @schlaeps @kfury oh, how interesting. I hadn’t.
Show threadRealGene ☣️Mar 11, 2024
@SimonCHulse @schlaeps @kfury
…unless it's a hard drive, which still cling to 1,000, 1,000,000, etc. because it makes the drive appear larger than it is.