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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)

Caesar

@caesar.dev

It means 1000 bytes. `k` is an SI prefix (correct capitalisation is `kB`, not `KB`). 1024 bytes is a KiB. Maybe your users don't know what it means, but using the wrong label just perpetuates their ignorance. It starts to make a big difference once we're in the TB/TiB or PB/PiB range…

5/10/26, 10:56 pm1 repost19 likes

wariziles

@riziles.bsky.social

It's not ignorance just because I refuse to adhere to some bs convention a bunch of European blowhards are trying to ram down my throat.

Marco Maroni

@marcomaroni.it

You're a real moron—SI stands for INTERNATIONAL System of Units.

Caesar

@caesar.dev

There there. Keep eating your MAGA crayons and don't worry about what those mean scientists say.

wariziles

@riziles.bsky.social

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.