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Why a kilobyte is 1000 and not 1024 bytes (zeta.one)

submitted 8 months ago by wischi@programming.dev to c/technology@lemmy.world

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I often find myself explaining the same things in real life and online, so I recently started writing technical blog posts.

This one is about why it was a mistake to call 1024 bytes a kilobyte. It's about a 20min read so thank you very much in advance if you find the time to read it.

Feedback is very much welcome. Thank you.

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[-] ben_dover@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

you can't ask for feedback, then attack everyone who doesn't share your opinion with "did you read it?", that's not cool...

[-] wischi@programming.dev -1 points 8 months ago

I still don't get how "did you read it?" is attacking anyone? It's true I asked for feedback but I'm a bit overwhelmed that I had to clarify that I'm interested in feedback about the post from people who actually read it.

[-] ben_dover@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

"the tone makes the music" as the Germans would say. you're asking for volunteer help and are rude to the ones replying

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