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If anybody says "kibibyte" to me I reflexively punch them straight in the nose. Then I apologize and thank them for clarifying. Then I punch them again

Simon Willison@simonwillison.net

I need to decide if 1KB means 1,000 bytes or 1,024 bytes in all of my software I was leaning 1,024 but it looks like macOS and Windows both define KB as 1,000 these days I want whatever people are most likely to understand (I do not think most people know what KiB or MiB means)

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