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KB, MB, GB, and TB are all part of the metric system. What empirical measurements should we Free™️ Americans use for computer memory? (lemm.ee)

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[–] [email protected] 80 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago) (2 children)

1 tweet = 140 bytes

1 (printed) page = 60 lines of 60 characters = 3600 bytes

1 moa (minute of audio in 128000 bps mp3) = 960000 bytes

1 mov (minute of video) = typically around 30MB but varies by resolution and encoding, like ounces vs troy ounces vs apothecary ounces.

1 loc (library of congress, used for measuring hard drive capacity) = around 10TB depending on jurisdiction.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago

These are all rough averages, of course, but Tweets can be rather bigger than 140 bytes since they're Unicode, not ASCII. What's Twitter without emoji?

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