Agent641@lemmy.world to Programmer Humor@programming.dev · 2 days agoDid you check inside the box?lemmy.worldimagemessage-square62linkfedilinkarrow-up1234arrow-down117
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minus-squarekkj@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·2 days agoThe problem arises when the OS uses GiB but labels them GB, like Windows does.
minus-squaresik0fewl@piefed.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2arrow-down12·2 days agoNo, the problem is making up a new word (gibibyte) and expecting people to use it when there’s already a word for that (gigabyte). It’s the hard drive manufacturers that should change.
minus-squareBitUnWise@programming.devlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·2 days agoI want to agree with you, but the war is lost. Giga is billion and Gibi is 2^30
minus-squareOlmai@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up7·9 hours agoI want to agree with you two, because I hate competing standards, but you gotta admit gigabyte was a poor choice from the start because it took the SI prefix and made it mean something else. Creating Gibi is just correcting that mistake
minus-squareSpaghettiMaster@feddit.uklinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 hours agoAgreed, metric prefixes should always remain consistent. Computers can read both though, so why doesn’t windows?
minus-squaresp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.comlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoI propose a new standard. Ghibli[byte/bit]s. … no I will not expand or further clarify.
The problem arises when the OS uses GiB but labels them GB, like Windows does.
No, the problem is making up a new word (gibibyte) and expecting people to use it when there’s already a word for that (gigabyte).
It’s the hard drive manufacturers that should change.
I want to agree with you, but the war is lost. Giga is billion and Gibi is 2^30
I want to agree with you two, because I hate competing standards, but you gotta admit gigabyte was a poor choice from the start because it took the SI prefix and made it mean something else. Creating Gibi is just correcting that mistake
Agreed, metric prefixes should always remain consistent. Computers can read both though, so why doesn’t windows?
I propose a new standard.
Ghibli[byte/bit]s.
… no I will not expand or further clarify.