Comment on ScIence
Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoI noticed recently that a Linux command mentioned in its manpage that it supported Q as a bit prefix and I had to stop to ponder the utility in encoding a million-billion Terabytes.
Comment on ScIence
Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks agoI noticed recently that a Linux command mentioned in its manpage that it supported Q as a bit prefix and I had to stop to ponder the utility in encoding a million-billion Terabytes.
fhqwgads@possumpat.io 2 weeks ago
But did they mean Quettabytes or Quebibytes? Because the difference is only around 250 000 times the size of the Internet.
bitcrafter@programming.dev 2 weeks ago
Or, in other words, around 244 kibiInternets.
Classy@sh.itjust.works 2 weeks ago
Bah, that’s just a rounding error!