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[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 29 points 3 weeks ago

I 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 45 points 3 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 8 points 3 weeks ago

Or, in other words, around 244 kibiInternets.

[-] Classy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago

Bah, that's just a rounding error!

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