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1. kstrau+(OP)[view] [source] 2026-02-03 19:51:56
Yes, 2**10 times this, yes.

Call me calcitrant, reactionary, or whatever, but I will not say kibibyte out loud. It's a dumb word and I'm not using it. It was a horrible choice.

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2. ralfer+Y8[view] [source] 2026-02-03 20:31:00
>>kstrau+(OP)
They should call their stupid SI power-of-10 units kisibyte instead.
3. nacoza+Ke2[view] [source] 2026-02-04 12:11:35
>>kstrau+(OP)
you'll eat your kibbles & bits and like it !
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4. mmphos+ua3[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-04 17:12:56
>>nacoza+Ke2
The Commdore 64 has 64 kibibytes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byte#Multiple-byte_units

"the C64 took its name from its 64 kilobytes (65,536 bytes) of RAM"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_64

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5. kstrau+985[view] [source] [discussion] 2026-02-05 05:30:26
>>mmphos+ua3
It has 64 kilobytes. The definition of kilobyte and megabyte (and I presume gigabyte, among people who could afford caring about them) were universally agreed to be binary.
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