Logo
chmod 777: Security through obscurity.
  • Home
  • Hot
  • Random
  • Search

Browse

  • AI AI
  • AWS AWS
  • Agile Agile
  • Algorithms Algorithms
  • Android Android
  • Apple Apple
  • Azure Azure
  • Backend Backend
  • Bash Bash
  • C++ C++
  • Cloud Cloud
  • All Categories
As an Amazon Associate ProgrammerHumor.io earns from qualifying purchases.

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

HTTP 418: I'm a teapot

The server identifies as a teapot now and is on a tea break, brb

Decimal prefixes Memes

Posts tagged with Decimal prefixes

The World If We Used Byte Units Correctly

Hardware Linux Programming Math Windows
1 year ago 530.2K views 1 shares
The World If We Used Byte Units Correctly
The utopian future we'd have if developers actually used byte units correctly! The meme highlights the eternal confusion between binary prefixes (TiB/GiB/MiB/KiB) and decimal prefixes (TB/GB/MB/KB). For the uninitiated: 1 KB (kilobyte) is 1000 bytes, while 1 KiB (kibibyte) is 1024 bytes. Same pattern for mega, giga, tera. This 2.4% difference compounds as you go up, creating storage nightmares when your "1TB" drive mysteriously has only 931GB of actual space. Hard drive manufacturers love using decimal (makes their drives seem bigger), while operating systems use binary. The result? That flying car future remains theoretical while we're stuck explaining to users why their storage capacity seems to evaporate into the ether.

Today's picks

Where's The Love

Where's The Love

Programming
149.4M views 8 days ago
NordVPN

NordVPN

Sponsored
VPN
SUNMALL Replacement Keyboard Compatible with Lenovo IBM Thinkpad E15 2019 Gen 1 20RD 20RE, E15 2020 Gen 2, E15 2021 Gen 3 Thinkpad E15 2022 Gen 4, with Pointer and Backlight

SUNMALL Replacement Keyboard Compatible with Lenovo IBM Thinkpad E15 2019 Gen 1 20RD 20RE, E15 2020 Gen 2, E15 2021 Gen 3 Thinkpad E15 2022 Gen 4, with Pointer and Backlight

Affiliate
$23.99