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submitted 8 months ago by whyisthesheep@thelemmy.club to c/linux@lemmy.ml

I see people talking about doas saying it's just like sudo but with less features. I'm just wondering if there is any situation where you should use doas or if it's just personal preference.

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[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 8 points 8 months ago

What's the point of using MiB if you're just gonna say "like" lol

[-] Samueru@lemmy.world 2 points 8 months ago

Because it is not exactly 10MiB. Should have used about instead of like though.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online -4 points 8 months ago

I mean just say MB if you're not being exact

[-] Samueru@lemmy.world 8 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

MiB and MB are not the same thing. Just that many CLI tools in linux use MiB instead so I just got used to typing MiB lol.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 5 points 8 months ago

The difference between MB and MiB is 24 kilobytes

My point is that if you're already estimating, the difference is negligible

[-] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 3 points 8 months ago

24 kibibytes. I dislike the annoying difference between kiB and kB, etc, etc as I also think in kB and MB as the binary values because that's how I was taught for many years.

[-] delirious_owl@discuss.online 0 points 8 months ago

Again. If you're not being accurate then theres no point jn being precise

[-] lemmyingly@lemm.ee 1 points 8 months ago

You're replying to the wrong person. I added some info over the difference between your comment and someone else's acktually comment.

I don't care either way; an approximation in MiB and MB is the same difference to me. The other person and yourself have got into a debate about nothing in my opinion.

[-] Xavienth@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I'm not arguing for or against your point. But it's actually a difference of 48.576 kB to be pedantic

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