@BmeBenji@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 1 year agoKB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory?message-square182fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-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@lemm.ee to Programmer Humor@lemmy.ml • 1 year agomessage-square182fedilink
minus-square@MachineFab812@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilink0•1 year 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-square@BmeBenji@lemm.eeOPlinkfedilink0•1 year 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